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testimony Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 (an example of) spoken or written statements that something is true, especially those given in a law court:
- Some doubts have been expressed about his testimony.
- The reports are testimony to the many hours of research completed by this committee.
1 a spoken or written statement that something is true, esp. one given in a court of law, or the act of giving such a statement:
- [ U ] The value of their testimony is questionable.
2 a formal statement about something, especially one given in a court of law:
- to give/present/provide testimony
- The court heard two days of testimony from environmental experts, activists, and lawyers.
- Employees' testimonies could prove crucial for Gonzales, who is struggling to hold on to his job.
3 proof that something exists or is true:
- be (a) testimony to sth Our advance in the face of relentless competition is a testimony to the commitment of our marketing division.

Admittedly, due allowance should be made for exaggeration, and verbal testimonies should therefore be measured against such contemporary structures as are still standing.
We attempted to overcome these difficulties by comparing conflicting traditions from neighbouring chiefdoms, and also by collecting testimonies from various social categories.
One must translate the symbolic imagery of these testimonies into a form useful to twenty-first-century historians.
We have selected only seven testimonies due to space constraints.
Their testimonies provide an instructive contrast to those of their children.
We have heard testimonies by escapees of attempts of falsification of official documentation.
Which is why the neighbours' testimonies are given lots of space.
The statistics of admissions in the government hospitals appear to confirm such testimonies.