witness

noun/ˈwɪtnəs/

Frequency rank: #2,033 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A person who sees an event happen; to see something happen.

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Example sentence

The police asked the witness to describe what they saw at the scene.

Synonyms & related words

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