Definitions for eyewitness
ˈaɪˈwɪt nɪseye·wit·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eyewitnessverb

   a spectator who can describe what happened

2. eyewitnessverb

   be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eyewitnessnoun

   Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

2. eyewitnessverb

   To be present at an event, and see it

3. Etymology: From eye + witness

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eyewitnessnoun

   An ocular evidence; one who gives testimony to facts seen with his own eyes.

   Etymology: eye and witness.

   We made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet.

   To meet him all his saints, who silent stood
   Eyewitnesses of his almighty acts,
   With jubilee advanc’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.

   Give us, if thou can’st,
   Eyewitness of what first or last was done,
   Relation more particular and distinct. John Milton, Agonistes.

   The curious, by laying together circumstances, attestations, and characters of those who are concerned in them, either receive or reject what at first but eyewitnesses could absolutely believe or disbelieve. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

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1. eyewitness

   An eyewitness is a person who has seen or experienced a particular event or incident directly, giving them firsthand knowledge about it, which they can then provide as evidence or testimony. Examples include witnesses of a crime, an accident or a historical event.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eyewitnessnoun

   one who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything

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1. Eyewitness

   Eyewitness is a 1981 thriller film about a television news reporter and a janitor who team up to solve a murder. The film was directed by Peter Yates, written by Steve Tesich and stars William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, and Christopher Plummer. Hum To Mohabbat Karega a 2000 Bollywood thriller-comedy film starring Karishma Kapoor and Bobby Deol was inspired by Eyewitness.

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How to pronounce eyewitness?

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How to say eyewitness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eyewitness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eyewitness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of eyewitness in a Sentence

1. Edward Ryan:

   This case points out the frailties of eyewitness identification under the best of circumstances, it's unfortunate that he was identified in a press release as someone who was involved in this matter only to be vindicated hours later.

2. Lori Stokes:

   It's hard to imagine mornings without Lisa, we here at Eyewitness News are still in shock and we're trying to cope with the loss of someone we loved and valued.

3. Adam Switzer:

   This is a clearly a very unusual event and the satellite imagery and eyewitness videos are showing a number of unusual characteristics that will take months to work out, no tsunami warning system I know of can handle multiple shocks or landslides as it is just too physically and computationally complicated for current technology.

4. Sven Spichiger:

   We did get an initial direction of the flight, we were able to meet with several of the property owners and get a few more eyewitness accounts of seeing hornets earlier the week before or earlier in the summer, and so we are starting to narrow down exactly where the hornets' nest is.

5. Brett Tolman:

   I think they will find that they sort of manipulated the situation to not take someone into custody, i think the fact that they had another eyewitness that is not involved in it, and is objective, and said ‘he hit her’ … you're going to have a majority of officers take him into custody.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=eyewitness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eyewitness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=eyewitness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyewitness
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=eyewitness
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=eyewitness