witness

witness /'wÇtnǝs/ n

၁။ [C] (က) (also eye-witness ) (မျက်မြင်) သက်သေ။ Were there any witnesses (at the scene) of the accident?
(ခ) (တရားရုံး) သက်သေ။ a defence/ prosecution witness ❍ appear as (a) witness for the defence/ prosecution ❍ The witness was cross-examined by the defending counsel.
(ဂ) အသိသက်သေ။ We need someone to act as (a) witness when we sign the contract.
၂။ (fml ) (က) [U] သက်သေထွက်ချက်။ သက်သေ ခံချက်။ give witness on behalf of an accused person.
(ခ) [C usu sing ] သက်သေခံပစ္စည်း။ သက်သေ အထောက်အထား။ This village is a witness to the ravages of war.
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၁။ မျက်မြင်တွေ့သည်။ witness an accident/ a murder/ a quarrel ❍ We were witnessing one of the most important scientific developments of the century. ❍ (fml ) Weather forecasters are not always right: witness (ie look at the example of) their recent mistakes.
၂။ ကြုံသည်။ တွေ့ကြုံသည်။ Europe witnessed massive political change in the late 1980s. ❍ The retail trade is witnessing a sharp fall in sales.
၃။ အသိသက်သေမူသည်။ အသိသက်သေအဖြစ် လက်မှတ်ထိုးသည်။ witness the signing of a contract ❍ witness a signature/ treaty/ will.
၄။ ~ to sth (law or fml ) (တရားရုံးတွင်) သက်သေထွက်ဆိုသည်။ witness to the truth of a statement.
❏ be witness to sth [IDM ]
၁။ မျက်မြင်ဒိဋ္ဌတွေ့သည်။ I was witness to a terrible accident.
၂။ သက်သေခံနိုင်သည်။ We're both witness to the fact that she lied.
❏ witness-box (Brit ) (US witness-stand ) n တရားရုံးတွင် သက်သေခံရာနေရာ။ ဝက်ခြံ။