eyewitness

[US]/'aɪwɪtnɪs/
[UK]/'aɪwɪtnəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. someone who has seen a particular event and can describe it to others

Phrases & Collocations

a credible eyewitness

an eyewitness account

reliable eyewitness testimony

key eyewitness testimony

Example Sentences

eyewitness accounts of the London blitz.

The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.

The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week.

reached into a pocket and produced a packet of matches; failed to produce an eyewitness to the crime.

No matter, we do have reason to take note of research findings about human memory that have a bearing on eyewitness and earwitness testimony.

factions that clashed on a tax increase; an eyewitness account that clashed with published reports.

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