eyewitness

CEFRB2

/ˈaɪwɪtnəs/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A person who saw an event happen.
02
noun
Extra detail
To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

In context

Tom is an eyewitness.
And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.
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.

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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 26, “Talking of Trains: Accident at Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 522
There was no eyewitness report or independent confirmation for the strike near the town of Mareesa that was also reported by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television network.
2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters

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