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    eye·wit·ness
    /ˌīˈwitnəs/

    noun

    • 1. a person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it: "eyewitness accounts of the London blitz"

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  2. The meaning of EYEWITNESS is one who sees an occurrence or an object; especially : one who gives a report on what he or she has seen. How to use eyewitness in a sentence.

  3. Eyewitness is a noun that means a person who saw something happen, for example, a crime or an accident. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of eyewitness with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. Eyewitness definition: a person who actually sees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give a firsthand account of it. See examples of EYEWITNESS used in a sentence.

  5. An eyewitness is an observer who's seen something clearly enough to describe it. If you're an eyewitness to a car accident, the police might want to ask you exactly what you saw. An eyewitness is valuable to crime investigators because she has seen the incident happen with her own eyes.

  6. An eyewitness is a person who was present at an event and can therefore describe it, for example in a law court. Eyewitnesses say the police then opened fire on the crowd. ...dramatic eye-witness accounts of the fighting.

  7. a person who is near and can see what is happening when something such as an accident or fight takes place: a person who has seen a crime or accident and can describe it afterwards. a witness/ an observer/ an onlooker/ a passer-by/ a bystander/ an eyewitness. see also witness.

  8. An eyewitness is a person who has seen an event and can describe it. Find the origin, usage, and translations of the word eyewitness in this online dictionary.