DOCUMENT


Meaning of DOCUMENT in English

The noun is pronounced /dɒkjəmənt/. The verb is pronounced /dɒkjəment/.

( documented)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A document is one or more official pieces of paper with writing on them.

...a policy document for the Labour Party conference...

The policeman wanted to see all our documents.

= paper

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2.

A document is a piece of text or graphics, for example a letter, that is stored as a file on a computer and that you can access in order to read it or change it. ( COMPUTING )

When you are finished typing, remember to save your document.

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3.

If you document something, you make a detailed record of it in writing or on film or tape.

He wrote a book documenting his prison experiences...

VERB : V n

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