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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
witness
/ˈwɪtnəs/
noun1 of 2
a person who sees something happen
- “He witnessed an accident on his way to school.”Tatoeba
- “To live without a friend is to die with no witness.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To furnish proof of, to show.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)