document

[ noun dok-yuh-muhnt; verb dok-yuh-ment ]

/ noun ˈdɒk yə mənt; verb ˈdɒk yəˌmɛnt /

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noun

a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper: You'll need documents from your employers and your bank to prepare your income tax return.

any written item, as a book, article, or letter, especially of a factual or informative nature: The leaked document proves that the management team knew about the safety issues before the product launch.

Digital Technology. a computer data file, especially one with formatted text: Luckily, I saved my document right before the power went out.

Archaic. evidence; proof.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with documents.

to furnish with references, citations, etc., in support of statements made: a carefully documented biography.

to support by documentary evidence: to document a case.

Nautical. to provide (a vessel) with a certificate giving particulars concerning nationality, ownership, tonnage, dimensions, etc.

Obsolete. to instruct.

SYNONYMS FOR document

6 corroborate, verify, substantiate, validate.

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Origin of document

1400–50; late Middle English (<Anglo-French ) <Latin documentum example (as precedent, warning, etc.), equivalent to doc- (stem of docēre to teach) + -u- (variant of -i--i- before labials) + -mentum-ment

Example sentences from the Web for document

Court documents allege abuse occurred over a long period, and the affidavit says Turner admitted to police that he used physical force — such as a slap on the buttocks — to discipline the children.
After mother, partner are charged in toddler’s death, D.C. police say siblings were also abused|Peter Hermann|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Another example discussed in the document is the viability of adding clauses to try to get the importer to certify there’s no backdoors in their systems which could put the data at risk.
Europe puts out advice on fixing international data transfers that’s cold comfort for Facebook|Natasha Lomas|November 11, 2020|TechCrunch
School police must be 50 years old with 15 years of service, according to district documents.
‘One More Hugely Disruptive Thing’: Teachers to Leave Mid-Year Under Retirement Deal|Ashly McGlone|November 5, 2020|Voice of San Diego
To report this story, Silverman conducted more than 125 interviews and reviewed thousands of pages of documents.
People with Developmental Disabilities Were Promised Help. Instead, They Face Delays and Denials.|by Amy Silverman for Arizona Daily Star, with data analysis by Alex Devoid, Arizona Daily Star|November 5, 2020|ProPublica

Eventually, you’ll be able to start a new document from inside the Chat app or go the other way around and kick off a chat or video conference while writing a document.
Why everyone’s so angry about Google’s new app icons|Aaron Pressman|October 30, 2020|Fortune
He transitioned from simply capturing the people in his world to becoming, more consciously, a documenter of his times.
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British Dictionary definitions for document

document

noun (ˈdɒkjʊmənt)

a piece of paper, booklet, etc, providing information, esp of an official or legal nature

a piece of text or text and graphics stored in a computer as a file for manipulation by document processing software

archaic evidence; proof

verb (ˈdɒkjʊˌmɛnt) (tr)

to record or report in detail, as in the press, on television, etcthe trial was well documented by the media

to support (statements in a book) with citations, references, etc

to support (a claim, etc) with evidence or proof

to furnish (a vessel) with official documents specifying its ownership, registration, weight, dimensions, and function

Word Origin for document

C15: from Latin documentum a lesson, from docēre to teach

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