TESTIMONY


Meaning of TESTIMONY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ testɪməni, AM -moʊni ]

( testimonies)

1.

In a court of law, someone’s testimony is a formal statement that they make about what they saw someone do or what they know of a situation, after having promised to tell the truth.

His testimony was an important element of the Prosecution case...

N-VAR : oft poss N

2.

If you say that one thing is testimony to another, you mean that it shows clearly that the second thing has a particular quality.

This book is testimony to a very individual kind of courage.

N-UNCOUNT : also a N , usu N to n

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