"witnesses" in the noun sense
1. witness, witnesser, informant
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
2. spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
a close observer someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind
"the spectators applauded the performance"
"television viewers"
"sky watchers discovered a new star"
3. witness
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
4. witness, attestant, attestor, attestator
law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
5. witness
law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
"witnesses" in the verb sense
1. witness
be a witness to
"She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"
2. witness, find, see
perceive or be contemporaneous with
"We found Republicans winning the offices"
"You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"
"The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"
"I want to see results"
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