Past tense of witness
regular verb
The past tense of witness is witnessed. The past participle is also witnessed.
Forms of witness
| Base form (V1) | witness /ˈwɪt.nɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | witnessed /ˈwɪtnəst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | witnessed /ˈwɪtnəst/ |
| Present participle | witnessing |
| Third person singular | witnesses /ˈwɪt.nə.sɪz/ |
Witnessed in a sentence
- He witnessed the accident.
- Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.1998, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", page 842
- I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.From the entry first
- I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.From the entry sinking
- Our generation has witnessed great advances in science.From the entry advances
Meaning of witness
- noun Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- noun One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- noun Someone called to give evidence in a court.
Questions about the past tense of witness
- What is the past tense of witness?
- The past tense of witness is witnessed.
- What is the past participle of witness?
- The past participle of witness is witnessed.
- Is witness a regular or irregular verb?
- Witness is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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