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Definition: Eyewitness |
EyewitnessNoun1. A spectator who can describe what happened. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eyewitness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Witness, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eyewitness |
| Specialty definitions using "eyewitness": Androcles and the Lion ♦ kremvax. (references) |
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Clever | After hearing two eyewitness accounts of the same accident, you begin to wonder about history. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Eyewitness (1970) WUSA Eyewitness News (1960) Eyewitness to History (1960) Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003) David Rubinger - Eyewitness (1998) | |
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 | Oil painting by an unidentified "Eyewitness". Credit: NAVY. |  | Watercolor by eyewitness Ensign John W. Grattan, of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's staff, depicting Porter's fleet bombarding the fort prior to the ground assault. Side-wheel steamer in the right foreground is Porter's flagship, USS Malvern. USS New Ironsides and USS Monadnock are in the right distance. Credit: NAVY. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Eyewitness accounts recorded in the local press said the attackers threw several Molotov cocktails, shot and stabbed him repeatedly and then fled the scene. (references) |
Georgia | Jehovah's Witnesses alleged that police actively participated in these activities, and at least one eyewitness confirmed that police did not impede the Basilists. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | Past eyewitness accounts confirm that the LTTE has executed injured soldiers on the battlefield. (references) |
Minorities | Georgia | According to an eyewitness, Jvari leader Paata Blashvili personally assaulted one of the victims. (references) |
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| "Eyewitness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.65% of the time. "Eyewitness" is used about 85 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.65% | 83 | 36,350 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.35% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 85 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "eyewitness": be an eyewitness. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "eyewitness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dëshmitar okular, dëshmitar (attestor, deponent, spectator, witness). (various references) | |
Arabic | الشاهدالعيان, شاهد عيان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свидетел (attestor, bystander, evidence, testifier, third person, witness), очевидец (beholder, witness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 目擊者 , 目击者. (various references) | |
Czech | oèitý svìdek (eye-witness). (various references) | |
Farsi | گواهی مستقیم , گواهی چشمی , گواه خوددیده , شاهدعینی , شاهدبرای العین . (various references) | |
French | témoin oculaire (eye witness). (various references) | |
German | augenzeuge (eye witness). (various references) | |
Greek | αυτόπτησ μάρτυρασ (ocular witness), αυτόπτης μάρτυρας (eye witness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עד ראיה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szemtanú (witness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | saksi mata. (various references) | |
Italian | testimone oculare. (various references) | |
Korean | 목격자. (various references) | |
Norwegian | øyenvitne. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eyewitnessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | espectador (spectator), testemunha ocular, testemunha (witness), observador (observer), circunstante (onlooker, spectator). (various references) | |
Romanian | martor ocular (bystander, eye-witness, spectator). (various references) | |
Russian | свидетель (attestor, bystander), очевидец (beholder, eye witness, eye witnesses, spectator). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svedok (deponent, witness), očevidac (beholder, eye-witness, looker on, witness). (various references) | |
Spanish | testigo presencial, testigo ocular, rasgo ocular. (various references) | |
Swedish | ögonvittne (eye-witness). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้เห็นเหตุการณ์ (bystander, onlooker). (various references) | |
Turkish | görgü tanıklığı yapmak, görgü tanığı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | очевидець (beholder, bystander, spectator, witness, witnesser). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người mục kích, người chứng kiến. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eyewitness": eyewitnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Eyewitness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eyewittness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eyewitness" (pronounced īwi"tnus) |
| 6 | -w i" t n u s | witness. |
| 5 | -i" t n u s | fitness. |
| 4 | -t n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, alertness, appropriateness, astuteness, bluntness, brightness, compactness, completeness, correctness, cuteness, directness, earnestness, faintness, fastness, flatness, forthrightness, gauntness, greatness, ineptness, inertness, lateness, lightfastness, lightness, neatness, politeness, quietness, remoteness, rightness, robustness, separateness, shortness, softness, steadfastness, stoutness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tightness, unpleasantness, vastness, wetness, whiteness. |
| 3 | -n u s | aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, arbitrariness, assertiveness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, competitiveness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, fairness, farsightedness, fickleness, firmness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, riskiness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, tardiness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-n-s-s-t-w-y" | |
-1 letter: weensiest. | |
-2 letters: newsiest, sweenies, sweetens, sweeties, syenites, tweenies, weeniest. | |
-3 letters: newsies, sestine, sweeten, sweetie, syenite, weenies, wetness, wisents, witness, witneys. | |
-4 letters: etwees, insets, newest, newies, newsie, seines, sinews, sinewy, steins, sweeny, sweets, teensy, tenses, tweeny, twines, weenie, weensy, wisent, wisest, witney, yentes. | |
-5 letters: etwee, inset, neist, nests, newie, newsy, newts, nites, seine, seise, sense, sente. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-n-s-s-t-w-y" | |
+2 letters: eyewitnesses. | |
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