witness
US
/ˈwɪtnəs/
UK
/ˈwɪtnəs/
Meaning
A person who sees an event, especially an accident or crime, and can describe what happened.
ऐसा व्यक्ति जिसने कोई घटना, खासकर दुर्घटना या अपराध, अपनी आँखों से देखा हो और उसके बारे में बता सके।
Examples
“A witness told the police what she saw at the scene.”
“The accident had several witnesses, but nobody was hurt.”
“Two eyewitnesses gave matching accounts of the robbery.”
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Not natural: I was witness of the accident.
Better: I was a witness to the accident.
Use the article “a” before singular witness and “to” before the event.
Singular witness से पहले “a” लगाएँ और घटना बताने के लिए “to” इस्तेमाल करें।
Not natural: I witnessed to the accident.
Better: I witnessed the accident.
As a verb, witness takes the event directly; it is not followed by “to.”
Verb के रूप में witness के बाद घटना सीधे आती है; उसके पहले “to” नहीं लगता।
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Use “a witness to” for the person, but use “witness” directly before an event when it is a verb.
व्यक्ति के लिए “a witness to” कहें, लेकिन verb के रूप में घटना से पहले सीधे “witness” लगाएँ।