document
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.
Pronunciation Edit
- (noun)
- (verb)
Noun Edit
document (plural documents)
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- 1794, William Paley, View of the Evidences of Christianity:
- Saint Luke […] collected them from such documents and testimonies as he […] judged to be authentic.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (computing) A file that contains text.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- 2022 July 15, Alex Urban, “Mementos from digital worlds: Video game photography as documentation”, in Journal of Documentation, , →ISSN, Abstract:
- This study examines video game photography as a documentary practice. […] The three themes from this study's findings – that video game photographs act as (1) vehicles for storytelling, (2) creative trophies, and (3) aesthetic tokens – reveal how personally meaningful documents emerge from this medium.
- (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
- 1741, Isaac Watts, The Improvement of the Mind:
- And particularly they should take care that the memory of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing multitude of documents or ideas at one time.
- (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
- 1614, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Historie of the World:
- They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others.
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original or official paper
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Verb Edit
document (third-person singular simple present documents, present participle documenting, simple past and past participle documented)
- To record in documents.
- He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.
- To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.
- A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
to record in documents
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to furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information
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Further reading Edit
- document on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “document”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin documentum.
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document m (plural documents)
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Further reading Edit
- “document” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “document”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “document” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “document” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.
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Noun Edit
document n (plural documenten, diminutive documentje n)
- document
- Synonym: bewijsstuk
Descendants Edit
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin documentum.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
document m (plural documents)
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Further reading Edit
- “document”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin documentum. Attested from the 13th century.[1]
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document m (plural documents)
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- ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 207.
Piedmontese Edit
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Borrowed from Latin documentum.
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document m
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French document, Italian documento, Latin documentum.
Noun Edit
document n (plural documente)