witness
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
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Sense 2 verb
be a witness to
She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court
Types & categories
- watch hypernym
- eyewitness hyponym
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Sense 3 noun
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
the spectators applauded the performance
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Sense 4 verb
perceive or be contemporaneous with
We found Republicans winning the offices
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
- catch hyponym
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Sense 5 noun
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
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Sense 6 noun
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
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- signatory hypernym
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Sense 7 noun
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- adverse witness hyponym
- character witness hyponym
- expert witness hyponym
- lay witness hyponym
- material witness hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inform |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | witness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceiver |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attester |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | testifier |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | witness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attestant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | witness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | watch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyewitness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | look on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | witness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | look |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | watch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | watch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spectate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceiver |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | browser |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bystander |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheerer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyewitness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gawker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | moviegoer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ogler |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | onlooker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | playgoer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubbernecker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | starer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | peeper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | finder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spectator |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | get word |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | find |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | testimony |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | shahadah |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | testify |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | witness |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | signatory |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | witness |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | adverse witness |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | character witness |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | expert witness |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lay witness |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | material witness |