# witnessing

Pronunciation: say "WIT-nuhs-ing" /ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of bearing witness: giving testimony or formally affirming something one has seen or knows.
   - Simple: The act of telling others what you saw or know to be true.
   - _The witnessing of the will required two impartial adults to sign alongside her._
   - _His public witnessing about the fraud reshaped how the jury viewed the company._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of witness. — present participle and gerund of witness
   - Simple: Present participle of witness. Use this form for something being seen as it happens now.
   - _Thousands are witnessing the total eclipse from the hilltop this afternoon._
   - _Crowds were witnessing the parade as it wound through downtown._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/witnessing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).