testimony.

An account of facts or experience given to support an inquiry or claim.

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Words that belong together

• witness testimony
• oral testimony

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The testimony conflicts with the surviving records.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular testimony; plural testimonies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: common.