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# witness, eyewitness
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## Definition
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A witness is someone who has seen or heard something happen. Sometimes the term "eyewitness" is used to emphasize that the person actually saw what happened.
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* During a trial, witnesses tell what they have seen or heard. What the witnesses say helps the judge to decide if the person being accused is guilty or innocent.
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* Witnesses are expected to tell the truth about what they have seen or heard.
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* To witness something means to see it happen.
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* A witness who does not tell the truth about what happened is called a "false witness."
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## Translation Suggestions
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* The term "witness" or "eyewitness" could be translated with a word or phrase that means, "person-seeing-it" or "the one who saw it happen" or "those who saw and heard
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