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{ "term": "witness", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people", "sensetop": "witness to something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He failed to interview a key witness." }, { "text": "Police have **appealed for witnesses** to the accident.", "contextForm": "witness to something" }, { "text": "We have a witness to the killing." }, { "text": "According to witnesses, the man jumped out of his vehicle and attacked the other driver." }, { "text": "She gave a **witness statement** to the police." }, { "text": "Mark had to go into the witness protection programme to escape the violence." }, { "text": "A judicial investigation was ordered, but witnesses were threatened and none would testify." }, { "text": "According to witnesses, the thief escaped through the bedroom window." }, { "text": "Police have so far failed to trace any witnesses to the attack." }, { "text": "She was the only witness to identify Peters as the attacker." }, { "text": "The police are appealing for witnesses." }, { "text": "Two witnesses came forward with evidence." }, { "text": "Witnesses reported that the suspect was a white male." }, { "text": "He was charged with conspiracy to suborn witnesses." } ], "topics": ["Crime and punishment"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["crucial", "key", "material"], "verb + witness": ["appeal for", "trace"], "witness + verb": ["come forward", "report"], "witness + noun": ["account", "statement"], "preposition": ["according to witness", "witness to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a person who gives evidence in court", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **defence/prosecution witness**" }, { "text": "He was hired to be an **expert witness** in the trial." }, { "text": "to appear as (a) **witness for the defence/prosecution**" }, { "text": "The defence **called **their first **witness**." }, { "text": "Several witnesses testified that there had been two gunmen." }, { "text": "He was placed on a witness protection scheme." }, { "text": "He was subpoenaed as a witness in a bankruptcy case." }, { "text": "She appeared as a character witness." }, { "text": "She went into a witness protection program." }, { "text": "The jury convicted him on two counts of witness tampering." }, { "text": "The next witness took the stand." }, { "text": "the defence's chief witness" }, { "text": "She appeared as a witness for the prosecution." }, { "text": "As the last person to see her alive, he was a material witness in the case." } ], "topics": ["Law and justice"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["chief", "main", "principal"], "verb + witness": ["call", "subpoena", "summon"], "witness + verb": ["be sworn in", "take the stand", "give evidence"], "witness + noun": ["box", "stand", "summons"], "phrases": [ "a witness for the defence/defense", "a witness for the prosecution" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a person who is present when an official document is signed and who also signs it to prove that they saw this happen", "sensetop": "witness to something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He was one of the witnesses at our wedding." }, { "text": "The will was signed in the presence of two witnesses." }, { "text": "There was no witness to her signature.", "contextForm": "witness to something" }, { "text": "When you sign the contract you'll need a witness." }, { "text": "the marriage contract is signed in front of witnesses" }, { "text": "Would you be willing to act as a witness to my signature when I sign my will?" } ], "topics": ["Law and justice"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["crucial", "key", "material"], "verb + witness": ["appeal for", "trace"], "witness + verb": ["come forward", "report"], "witness + noun": ["account", "statement"], "preposition": ["according to witness", "witness to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "evidence of a person’s strong religious beliefs, that they show by what they say and do in public", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to provide evidence of the truth of something", "examples": [ { "text": "The crowd of mourners at his funeral bore witness to the great affection in which he was held." }, { "text": "The ancient temples bear silent witness to the passing dynasties." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to see something take place", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "He has been witness to a terrible murder." }, { "text": "a witness to murder" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to show that something is true; to provide evidence for something", "examples": [ { "text": "His good health is a witness to the success of the treatment." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪtnəs/", "audio": "wi/witness/witness__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪtnəs/", "audio": "wi/witness/witness__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English witnes (see wit, -ness)." }