eyewitness
/ˈaɪwɪtnəs/noun
उच्चारण आइविट्नस
चश्मदीद गवाह
Core word
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a person who has seen a crime, accident happen and can describe it afterwards
चश्मदीद गवाह
- an eyewitness account
- An eyewitness described how the car skidded and hit the pole.
- The police are looking for an eyewitness to the robbery.
+ 2 more examples
- An eyewitness told the court that she saw the man running away.
- Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang at the junction.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
eyewitness to/of + noun
Use 'eyewitness to' (or 'eyewitness of') the event that the person actually saw, usually a crime, accident or disaster.
जिस घटना को व्यक्ति ने स्वयं देखा हो, उसके लिए 'eyewitness to' या 'eyewitness of' का प्रयोग होता है, प्रायः अपराध, दुर्घटना या आपदा के लिए।
- Mr Gupta was an eyewitness to the train collision.
- Several eyewitnesses of the robbery came forward.
eyewitness + noun (attributive use)
Used before a noun to mean 'given by someone who saw it': an eyewitness account, report or testimony.
संज्ञा से पहले आकर यह 'देखने वाले द्वारा दिया गया' अर्थ देता है: eyewitness account, report या testimony।
- The newspaper printed an eyewitness account of the flood.
- Her eyewitness testimony helped the court reach a verdict.
countable noun, written as one word
It is a countable noun, so it needs an article or plural form, and it is normally written as one word without a hyphen.
यह countable noun है, इसलिए इसके साथ article या plural रूप आवश्यक है, और इसे सामान्यतः बिना hyphen के एक शब्द में लिखा जाता है।
- An eyewitness told the police that the car had no number plate.
- The police are looking for eyewitnesses.
+Collocations 4
adjective + eyewitness
keysolereliableindependentunreliable
- The only reliable eyewitness was a tea seller standing near the crossing.
eyewitness + noun
accountreporttestimonystatementevidenceidentification
- The judge gave great weight to the eyewitness statement.
verb + eyewitness
interviewquestiontracecallrely on
- The police interviewed every eyewitness before filing the report.
eyewitness + verb
describerecallidentifytestifyclaim
- One eyewitness claimed to have seen the thief climbing the wall.
“More examples 5
- An eyewitness saw the speeding truck hit the divider.
एक चश्मदीद गवाह ने तेज़ रफ़्तार ट्रक को डिवाइडर से टकराते देखा।
- The court did not accept the statement because the man was not an eyewitness.
अदालत ने वह बयान स्वीकार नहीं किया क्योंकि वह व्यक्ति चश्मदीद गवाह नहीं था।
- Radhika wrote an eyewitness report on the school's annual day for the magazine.
राधिका ने पत्रिका के लिए विद्यालय के वार्षिकोत्सव की प्रत्यक्षदर्शी रिपोर्ट लिखी।
- Memory is weak, so even an honest eyewitness may make mistakes about small details.
स्मृति कमज़ोर होती है, इसलिए ईमानदार चश्मदीद गवाह भी छोटी बातों में गलती कर सकता है।
- He was a silent eyewitness to the whole quarrel from the balcony.
वह बालकनी से पूरे झगड़े का मूक प्रत्यक्षदर्शी था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He was an eyewitness of the robbery, so he gave an evidence in court.
✓ He was an eyewitness of the robbery, so he gave evidence in court.
'Evidence' is uncountable and takes no 'a' or plural.
'Evidence' uncountable noun है, इसलिए इसके साथ 'a' नहीं लगता।
✗ The police are searching for an eyewitnesses of the accident.
✓ The police are searching for eyewitnesses of the accident.
Do not put the singular article 'an' before a plural noun.
Plural noun से पहले singular article 'an' नहीं लगाया जाता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all name someone who knows about an event, but they differ in how they know it.
ये सभी शब्द किसी घटना के बारे में जानने वाले व्यक्ति को बताते हैं, पर उन्हें जानकारी कैसे मिली, इसमें अंतर है।
A person who personally saw the event and can describe it.
वह व्यक्ति जिसने घटना स्वयं देखी हो और उसका वर्णन कर सके।
- The eyewitness described the thief's blue jacket.
The wider word: anyone who sees an event or gives evidence in court, including signing a document.
व्यापक शब्द: घटना देखने वाला या अदालत में साक्ष्य देने वाला कोई भी व्यक्ति, दस्तावेज़ पर हस्ताक्षर करने वाला भी।
- Two witnesses signed the agreement.
Someone who watches an event without taking part, not necessarily as a source of evidence.
वह व्यक्ति जो घटना में भाग लिए बिना केवल देखता है, ज़रूरी नहीं कि वह गवाह हो।
- A crowd of onlookers gathered near the burning shop.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Eyewitness account (a description by somebody who saw the event).
Collocation 'eyewitness account' (प्रत्यक्षदर्शी का विवरण)।