witness

/ˈwɪtnəs/

意味: 目撃者、証人

例文: Momo acted as a witness in the great pillow theft mystery.
　　  モモは枕盗難事件の証人となった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: eye witness(目撃者), witness statement(証言書), witness stand(証言台)

定義: 目撃者や証人のことを指します。事件や出来事を直接見たり聞いたりした人です。また、法廷で証言をする人も「witness」と呼ばれます。証言すること自体も「witness」と言います。

witnessは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Noun: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
Noun: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
Noun: (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Noun: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
Verb: be a witness to
Verb: perceive or be contemporaneous with

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She will witness the event tomorrow.(彼女は明日その出来事を目撃します。)
The witness described what happened clearly.(証人は起こったことをはっきり説明した。)
They need a witness to sign the document.(書類に署名する証人が必要です。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the spectators applauded the performance
Noun: television viewers
Noun: sky watchers discovered a new star
Verb: She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court
Verb: We found Republicans winning the offices
Verb: You’ll see a lot of cheating in this school
Verb: The 1960’s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
Verb: I want to see results

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): attestant, attestator, attestor, find, informant, looker, see, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness, witnesser

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): experience, perceiver, person, signer, speaker, testimony, watch

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abhorrer, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, affidavit, african, agnostic, alliterator, amateur, amerindian, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, attestation, audile, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, brunet, bullfighter, buster, caller, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, chatterer, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, come, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, contestant, conversationalist, convert, copycat, cosigner, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, cripple, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, declaration, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, dictator, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, divider, domestic partner, double, drawler, dresser, dribbler, driveller, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, ejaculator, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, endorser, engineer, enjoy, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, eyeglass wearer, face, faddist, faller, fastener, feel, female, fiduciary, finder, first-rater, follower, free agent, friend, fugitive, gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, growler, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, hearer, heterosexual, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, inquirer, insured, intellectual, interpreter, introvert, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, know, knower, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, lecturer, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, lisper, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, masturbator, measurer, mentioner, mesomorph, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, motile, motormouth, mouse, mutilator, mutterer, namer, namesake, narrator, national, native, native speaker, neglecter, neighbor, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, noticer, nude, nurser, observe, occultist, optimist, orator, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, pansexual, pardoner, partner, party, passer, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, planner, player, posturer, powderer, prattler, precursor, preserver, primitive, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, ranter, realist, reciter, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, rubberneck, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, seer, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, spectator, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stammerer, stentor, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, struggler, subject, subornation, suffer, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, talking head, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, testator, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, venter, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visualizer, visually impaired person, vociferator, voicer, wailer, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watch, watcher, weakling, weasel, whisperer, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, worker, worldling, yawner

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adverse witness, attester, browser, bystander, catch, character witness, cheerer, expert witness, eyewitness, gawker, lay witness, material witness, moviegoer, ogler, onlooker, playgoer, rubberneck, shahadah, spy, starer, testifier, voyeur

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: attest, finder, inform, look, spectate, view, watch, witness, witnesser

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ness

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: trust