Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eyewitness

/ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: eye-wit-ness
IPA: /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

verb

To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From eye + witness.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

eyewitnesses (plural) eye-witness (alternative) eye witness (alternative) eyewitnesses (present, singular) eyewitnessing (participle, present) eyewitnessed (participle, past) eyewitnessed (past)

Rhymes With

witness fitness

Questions

How do you pronounce eyewitness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/.
What does eyewitness mean?: Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
Where does eyewitness come from?: From eye + witness.

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