witness In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, e ...

is someone who has first-hand knowledge of something, especially a crime or dramatic event, and usually by seeing it. Witness may also refer to:

Films

* ''The Witness'' (1969 French film), a drama film * ''The Witness'' (1969 Hungarian film), a satirical film, also known as ''A tanú'' * ''Witness'' (1985 film), a film directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford * ''Witness'' (1988 film), a Malayalam film * ''The Witness'' (1992 film), a short film starring Elijah Wood and Gary Sinise * ''Witness'' (1995 film), a 1995 Indian film * ''The Witness'' (2000 film), a film by James LaVeck and Jenny Stein * ''Witnesses'' (2003 film), a Croatian film * '' The Witnesses'', a 2007 French film by André Téchiné * ''The Witness'' (2012 film), a Philippine film * ''The Witness'' (2015 Chinese film), a crime drama film * ''The Witness'' (2015 American film), a documentary about the murder of Kitty Genovese * ''The Witness'' (2018 film), a South Korean thriller * ''Witnesses'' (2018 film), a historical drama by Konstantin Fam

Games

* ''The Witness'' (1983 video game), an interactive fiction computer game * ''The Witness'' (2016 video game), an exploration-puzzle game

Literature

* ''Witness'' (autobiography), an autobiography by Whittaker Chambers * ''Witness'' (novel), a 2001 verse novel of historical fiction by Karen Hesse *'' Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations'', a 2015 book Holocaust survivors * Witness (character), several characters by Marvel Comics

Music

Groups

* Witness (American band), an Atlanta rock band *

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, a French rock band * Witness (gospel group), a female gospel quartet * Witness (UK band), an English alternative rock band * A Witness, an English post-punk band

Albums

* ''Witness'' (Benjamin Booker album), 2017 * ''Witness'' (Blessthefall album), 2009 * ''Witness'' (Dave Douglas album), 2001 * ''Witness'' (

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album), 1990 * ''Witness'' (Katy Perry album), 2017 * ''Witness'' (Modern Life Is War album), 2005 * ''Witness'' (Show of Hands album), 2006 * ''Witness'' (Spooky Tooth album), 1973 * ''Witness'' (Vola album), 2021 * ''The Witness ''(Suuns album), 2021

Songs

* " The Witness", a song by members of the American rock band

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* "Witness", a song by Tori Amos from ''

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'' * "Witness", a song by Joan as Police Woman from '' The Classic'' * "Witness", a song by Sarah McLachlan from '' Surfacing'' * "Witness", a song by Bo Bice from '' See the Light'' * "Witness", a song by Red Fang from ''

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* "Witness", a song by

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Periodicals

* ''Witness'' (magazine), a magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute *

Witness (religious newspaper) ''Witness'' was an evangelical newspaper established in 1840 by Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller. Robert Candlish was instrumental in establishing Miller as the editor. He continued to edit the paper at an office on the Royal Mile in E ...

edited by Hugh Miller in the mid nineteenth century * ''The Witness'' (newspaper), a South African daily newspaper published in Pietermaritzburg

Plays

* ''Witness'' (play), a 1968 play by Terrence McNally * '' Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke'', a series of BBC Radio plays

Television

Series

* ''Witness'' (2006 TV programme), a documentary programme that airs on Al Jazeera English * ''Witness'' (TV series), a Canadian documentary television series (1992–2004) * ''The Witness'' (TV series), a 1960-61 television show broadcast on the CBS network * ''Witnesses'' (TV series), a 2014 French television series (''Les Témoins'')

Episodes

* "Witness" (''Better Call Saul''), a 2017 episode of the American crime drama television series ''Better Call Saul'' * "Witness" (''Person of Interest''), a 2011 episode of the American drama television series ''Person of Interest'' * "Witness" (''The Secret Circle''), a 2012 episode of the American television series ''The Secret Circle'' * "The Witness" (''Queen of Swords''), a 2000 episode of the TV series ''Queen of Swords''

Religion

* Witnessing or evangelism, a name for proselytising in Christianity ** Jehovah's Witnesses, a restorationist Christian denomination whose name references the above

Other uses

Witness (mathematics) In mathematical logic, a witness is a specific value ''t'' to be substituted for variable ''x'' of an existential statement of the form ∃''x'' ''φ''(''x'') such that ''φ''(''t'') is true. Examples For example, a theory ''T'' of arithmetic i ...

, a value τ for variable x with the property that φ(τ) is true, rendering the existential statement ∃x φ(x) true as well; τ is then said to be a ''witness'' for the statement ∃x φ(x) * Witness, a number that plays a role in a primality test *''Witness'', a cast-iron sculpture by Antony Gormley *

Witness (altar) Witness is the name of an altar referred to in . Its name appears as "Witness" in the New King James Version, the English Standard Version and the New Living Translation. The Geneva Bible and the King James Version transliterate the original Hebrew ...

, a monument in the Book of Joshua *

Witness (organization) WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, New York. Its mission is to partner with on-the-ground organizations to support the documentation of human rights violations and their consequences, in order to further public ...

, a non-profit organization started by Peter Gabriel * Witnesses, different documents of a single, original text in

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