DOCUMENT


Meaning of DOCUMENT in English

I.

noun

1 official paper/book

ADJECTIVE

▪ important , key

one of the key ~s in this case

▪ relevant

▪ lengthy , long

▪ brief , short

▪ 10-page , etc.

▪ complete , entire , whole

This statement must be understood in the context of the entire ~.

▪ detailed

▪ draft

▪ revised

▪ final

▪ original

The original ~ has been lost or destroyed.

▪ paper , printed , written

▪ published , unpublished

▪ attached , enclosed

Please sign the enclosed ~ and return it to me.

▪ single

A constitution need not be a single ~.

▪ classified , confidential , privileged ( law ), secret , sensitive , top-secret

▪ private

▪ declassified , public

▪ available

Documents will be available at the news conference.

▪ internal

details of internal UN ~s

▪ signed , unsigned

▪ disclosed ( esp. BrE ), leaked

▪ incriminating

▪ authentic , genuine

▪ fake , false , forged , fraudulent ( esp. AmE ), phoney/phony ( esp. AmE )

▪ court , government , legal , official

▪ policy , strategy

▪ travel

Keep your travel ~s in a secure place.

▪ registration ( esp. BrE )

the car's registration ~ ( BrE )

▪ contract , offer ( BrE ), tender ( BrE ) ( all business )

He has promised to send out a formal offer ~ to shareholders by Monday.

▪ briefing

▪ consultation ( BrE ), consultative ( BrE ), discussion , planning , working

The Department issued a consultation ~.

a working ~ in the discussions for a final treaty

▪ basic , framework ( esp. BrE )

▪ guidance

▪ supporting

▪ binding , contractual ( BrE )

A ~ signed in another country is as legally binding as one signed at home.

▪ constitutional , founding ( esp. AmE )

The 1840 treaty is widely regarded as New Zealand's founding ~.

▪ historical

… OF DOCUMENT

▪ copy

VERB + DOCUMENT

▪ draft , draw up , prepare , produce

The government has produced an important new policy ~.

▪ type , write

▪ revise

▪ disclose ( law ), issue , publish , release

a consultative ~ issued by the Department

▪ declassify

▪ obtain , receive

▪ file

Copies of the relevant ~s must be filed at court.

▪ hand sb , hand over , present , submit

Supporting ~s must be submitted to the supervisory authority.

▪ produce , show

He was unable to produce the ~ that he claimed would prove his case.

▪ circulate , send , send out

▪ leak

~s leaked from the government to the press

▪ destroy

He was trying to destroy ~s that testified to his guilt.

▪ go through , read , read through

Go through the ~ checking for errors.

▪ search through

I had to search through 4 000 ~s to find the information I needed.

▪ consider , examine , study

▪ review ( esp. AmE )

▪ adopt , approve , execute ( law ), sign

The conference adopted a ~ on minority rights.

▪ authenticate

▪ forge

▪ refer to

▪ attach , enclose

The relevant ~s are enclosed for your information.

▪ scan

Existing paper ~s could be scanned into a computer.

DOCUMENT + VERB

▪ concern sth , deal with sth , focus on sth , relate to sth

▪ contain sth , cover sth , include sth

~s covering various points of concern

▪ refer to sth

▪ acknowledge sth , describe sth , detail sth , explain sth , indicate sth , list sth , note sth , outline sth , record sth , say sth , set out sth , state sth , tell sb sth

The ~ says they are against tax rebates.

▪ call for sth , propose sth , suggest sth

a ~ calling for a ceasefire

▪ reveal sth , show sth

▪ summarize sth

▪ confirm sth

▪ be called sth , be entitled sth , be headed sth

a ~ entitled ‘Guidelines for Good Practice’

▪ be written

The ~ is written in Chinese.

▪ be dated …  , date back to …  , date from … 

~s dating back to the 1920s

The ~ is dated 775.

PREPOSITION

▪ according to a/the ~

According to leaked cabinet ~s, no compensation would be paid.

▪ in a/the ~

He particularly criticized the terminology in the ~.

▪ throughout a/the ~

There is a disclaimer throughout the official ~s.

▪ ~ about , ~ concerning

a ~ concerning arbitration procedures in Cairo

▪ ~ of

a ~ of 2 000 words

Her journal is an important ~ of 19th-century rural life

▪ ~ on

a government ~ on education policy

PHRASES

▪ a draft of a ~ , a version of a ~

▪ the authenticity of a ~

There is little reason to doubt the authenticity of this ~.

2 computer file

ADJECTIVE

▪ electronic

▪ printed

▪ HTML , XML , etc.

▪ hypertext , text

▪ new

I saved my work and opened a new ~.

▪ saved

▪ active , current

Highlight a passage in the active ~ and click on the print icon.

VERB + DOCUMENT

▪ close , open

▪ display

to display ~s on screen

▪ view

▪ retrieve

▪ download

▪ scroll through

Scroll through the ~ using the scroll bar.

▪ search

a software tool for searching ~s

▪ create , generate

To create a new ~, select New from the File menu.

▪ edit

▪ save

Save the ~ before closing.

▪ format

▪ spellcheck

▪ receive , send

Send and receive ~s at the click of a button.

▪ print , print out

▪ attach

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

Cut and paste is used to move text to a new place in the ~.

II.

verb

Document is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ photograph , ↑ report , ↑ study

Document is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ change , ↑ effect , ↑ history , ↑ instance , ↑ occurrence

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .