See Also: witness 1, noun(dictionary)
GOING WITNESS(law)
witness(2)(dictionary)
EAR-WITNESS(law)
EYE-WITNESS(law)
witness box(dictionary)
witness(1)(dictionary)
WITNESS, GOING(law)
Witness(law)
witness 2, verb(dictionary)

war memorial (oh) and witness 1, noun (oh)


war memorial (oh)



n [C]
a monument in memory of the people who were killed in a war

witness 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?crime/accident?
2 ?in a court of law?
3 ?signing a document?
4 be witness to something
5 ?christian belief?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: witnes 'knowledge, account, witness', from wit; WIT]
?CRIME/ACCIDENT?
[C] someone who sees a crime or an accident and can describe what happened
::Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
witness to
::One witness to the accident said the driver appeared to be drunk.
::an eye witness (=someone who sees an event) to the robbery
-see also eyewitness
?IN A COURT OF LAW?
[C] someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or Other event
key/star/principal witness
::the key witness in the case against the brothers
::The defense is expected to call them as witnesses .
witness for the prosecution/defence also prosecution/defence witness
(=someone the prosecution or defence lawyers choose as a witness in order to help prove their case)
-see also expert witness
?SIGNING A DOCUMENT?
[C] someone who is present when an official document is signed, and who signs it too, to say that they saw it being signed
witness to
::a witness to a will
be witness to sth
formal to be present when something happens, and watch it happening
::We were witness to the worst excesses of the military.
?CHRISTIAN BELIEF?
[U and C] AmE a public statement of strong Christian belief, or someone who makes such a statement
-see also bear witness at bear 1 (15)