Bear Witness/testimony To Something - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 bear witness/testimony to something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbear witness/testimony to somethingbear witness/testimony to somethingformalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF to show that something is true or exists  The empty workshops bear witness to the industrial past. → bearExamples from the Corpusbear witness/testimony to something• The Renaissance bears witness to a sociology, a psychology of joy.• Punta Banda's ghostly streets, vacant houses and shuttered hotel bear testimony to dreams gone sour.• Sparrow's books bear witness to his movement in the most exclusive circles.• Photographs taken in 1904 bear witness to the extent of these repairs.• They bear witness to the precious quality of the embryo and the birth process.• The human genome bears witness to this process, too.• They alone bear witness to uneasiness and possible stress. Exercises Exercises

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