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earwitness

Syllables: ear·wit·ness/ˈɪə̯wɪtnəs/US/ˈɪɹwɪtnəs/

earwitness noun: a witness who provides evidence or testimony based on auditory observations.

Noun

earwitness (plural earwitnesses)

  1. A witness who provides evidence or testimony based on auditory observations.
    • But the Poor, as they cannot provide Persons to educate their Children; so from the Way in which they live together in poor Families, a Child must be an Eye and Ear-witness of the worst Part of his Parents Talk and Behaviour.1745 May 9, Joseph Butler, “A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of Christ-Church, London; on Thursday, May 9, 1745. Being the Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the...
    • My object being to ascertain the truth, and the truth only, on receiving your last letter I immediately wrote to the Rev. H. Seymour, author of the "Pilgrimage to Rome," although I have no acquaintance with him–and I now give you the evidence of this eye and ear-witness, as copied from his letter...1851, Are Roman Catholics Allowed to Read the Bible? A Compendium of the Doctrine and Practice of the Church of Rome, in Reference to the Use of Scripture; Contained in a Correspondence, between a...

Verb

earwitness (third-person singular simple present earwitnesses, present participle earwitnessing, simple past and past participle earwitnessed)

  1. (transitive) To hear an event or incident directly.

earwitness meaning in Tamil

earwitness in Tamil

செவிச்சான்று

Examples of earwitness in a sentence

  • In December 1996 almost the entire front page of a daily newspaper was devoted to the report of a court case involving earwitness testimony.1999, Ray Bull, Brian Clifford, “Earwitness Testimony”, in Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, Eric Shepherd, David Wolchover, editors, Analysing...
  • Compared with eyewitness testimony very little research has been conducted on the accuracy of ‘earwitness’ testimony, the identification of an individual by voice.2001, Diana Dwyer, “Witness Testimony”, in Angles on Criminal Psychology (Angles on Psychology Series), Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN...

Forms of earwitness

Noun
pluralearwitnesses
Verb
third-person singular presentearwitnesses
present participleearwitnessing
past participleearwitnessed
pastearwitnessed

Origin of earwitness

From ear + witness, by analogy with eyewitness.

Questions about earwitness

What does earwitness mean?
Earwitness means a witness who provides evidence or testimony based on auditory observations.
What is earwitness in Tamil?
Earwitness in Tamil is செவிச்சான்று. See Earwitness meaning in Tamil.
How do you use earwitness in a sentence?
In December 1996 almost the entire front page of a daily newspaper was devoted to the report of a court case involving earwitness testimony.
What part of speech is earwitness?
Earwitness can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce earwitness?
Earwitness is pronounced /ˈɪə̯wɪtnəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of earwitness?
The plural of earwitness is earwitnesses.

Words near earwitness in the dictionary

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  6. earwitness
  7. earwitnessed
  8. earwitnesses
  9. earwitnessing
  10. Earwood
  11. Earwoods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earwitness (page history and authors); earwitness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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