eyewitness
/ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/
eyewitness noun: someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
Noun
eyewitness (plural eyewitnesses)
- Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
- And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.1915, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan
- The evidence of eyewitnesses and the distance travelled after the initial derailment confirmed that the train was travelling at 45 to 50 m.p.h. as it became derailed.1960 September, “Talking of Trains: Accident at Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 522
Verb
eyewitness (third-person singular simple present eyewitnesses, present participle eyewitnessing, simple past and past participle eyewitnessed)
eyewitness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
eyewitness in Hindi
- person who has seen and can testify about an event
- साक्षी sākṣī, प्रत्यक्षदर्शी pratyakṣadarśī, गवाह gavāh
eyewitness in Tamil
- நேரில் பார்த்த சாட்சி, நேரில் பார்த்தவர்
eyewitness in Marathi
- प्रत्यक्ष साक्षीदार, प्रत्यक्षदर्शी, प्रत्यक्षदर्शनी
eyewitness in Bengali
- eyewitness
- প্রত্যক্ষ prottokkho
More languagesFewer languages
- eyewitness in Malayalam
- ദൃക്സാക്ഷി dr̥ksākṣi
- eyewitness in Kannada
- ಎದುರಿದ್ದ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷಸಾಕ್ಷಿ, ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷದರ್ಶಿ
- eyewitness in Gujarati
- નજરે જોનાર સાક્ષી, પ્રત્યક્ષદર્શી, પ્રત્યક્ષ સાક્ષી
- eyewitness in Odia
- ପ୍ରତ୍ଯ଼କ୍ଷଦର୍ଶୀ
- eyewitness in Sanskrit
- अध्यक्ष adhyakṣa
- eyewitness in Arabic
- شاهد عيان
- eyewitness in Indonesian
- saksi mata
- eyewitness in Persian
- شاهد عینی
- eyewitness in Thai
- ประจักษ์พยาน bprà-jàk-pá-yaan, สักขีพยาน sàk-kǐi-pá-yaan
Examples of eyewitness in a sentence
- Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency heart massage to at least one of the injured.
- Sparks suddenly had seen the light and Frick and Frack had their eyewitness identification.
- Eyewitnesses could feel the intense heat from the fireball, and the blast wave from the explosion blew out windows in buildings.
Forms of eyewitness
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | eyewitnesses |
| alternative form | eye-witness |
| alternative form | eye witness |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | eyewitnesses |
| present participle | eyewitnessing |
| past participle | eyewitnessed |
| past | eyewitnessed |
Origin of eyewitness
From eye + witness.
Questions about eyewitness
- What does eyewitness mean?
- Eyewitness means someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
- What is eyewitness in Hindi?
- Eyewitness in Hindi is साक्षी (sākṣī), प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī), गवाह (gavāh). See Eyewitness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eyewitness?
- Eyewitness can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce eyewitness?
- Eyewitness is pronounced /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/.
- What is the plural of eyewitness?
- The plural of eyewitness is eyewitnesses.
Words near eyewitness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eyewitness (page history and authors); eyewitness (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eyewitness (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); প্রত্যক্ষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); eyewitness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eyewitness (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eyewitness (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अध्यक्ष (Sanskrit) (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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