witness

«witness» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: a person who sees something happen, especially an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a witness, witnesses); verb (witness, witnesses, witnessed, witnessing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A witness is a person who sees something happen, especially an accident or a crime. tree →

2) A witness is a person who tells a court what they know or saw. tree →

3) A witness is a person who watches someone sign an important paper and then signs it too. tree →

4) (verb) To witness something means to see it happen: "we witnessed a rainbow over the sea". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the mystic school: In note 15 the fifteenth is a witness, not another piece: the one who recognises the whole without owning it, and who must also be witnessed. In the primary lessons: In stories and crime tales, detectives question witnesses to find out what happened. In safety lessons, if you witness an accident, tell a grown-up or call for help. Phrases: eye witness (eyewitness), witness box (UK) or witness stand (USA), bear witness, witness statement.

examples

• And possibility had no edge, no center, no witness. (note 01) tree →
• The twelfth chair and the fifteenth witness are one figure in two roles; and she is the same one who, a few layers up, is the Godmother Matrix of the fourth note, and in the garden of the fifth, Aya, the mother of all the living. (note 12) tree →
• The witness does not become the author of everything it sees. (note 15) tree →
• The note says possibility "had no edge, no center, no witness". (lesson 001) tree →
• The twelfth chair is the Godmother's, the one who helps the small ones, but she seldom sits in it: most of the time she stands a little apart where the whole seating plan can be seen, and the note says the twelfth chair and the fifteenth witness are one figure in two roles. Satan, the debugger of the sixth note, helps the small ones too, standing by the wall with his test plan, and betrays nobody. (lesson 024) tree →
• A witness saw the car go through the red light. tree →
• The detective spoke to three witnesses. tree →
• She was called as a witness in court. tree →
• We witnessed an amazing sunset. tree →
• My aunt signed as a witness to the will. tree →
• Did anyone witness the accident? tree →
• Five people saw it, so there were 5 witnesses. tree →
• It was a terrible sight for a little girl to witness. tree →

note

Plural: witnesses (add -es). Past: witnessed. In the UK the witness stands in the "witness box"; in the USA on the "witness stand". An eyewitness saw it with their own eyes.

In the corpora

• The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter.
• The next witness is the Duchess's cook, carrying her pepper-box, and everyone near the door starts sneezing.
• The King, relieved, asks the Queen to question the next witness, as it makes his forehead ache.
• The King says to the Queen: «you must cross-examine the next witness.
• A witness should say only what they really saw and heard, not guesses or what others said.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «witness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.