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doc⋅u⋅men⋅ta⋅ry

  [dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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–adjective
1. Also, doc⋅u⋅men⋅tal  [dok-yuh-men-tl] . pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
2. Movies, Television. based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements: a documentary life of Gandhi.
–noun
3. Movies, Television. a documentary film, radio or television program, etc.
Origin:
1795–1805; document + -ary

Related forms:
doc⋅u⋅men⋅tar⋅i⋅ly, adverb
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doc·u·ment   (dŏk'yə-mənt)   
n.  
    1. A written or printed paper that bears the original, official, or legal form of something and can be used to furnish decisive evidence or information.
    2. Something, such as a recording or a photograph, that can be used to furnish evidence or information.
    3. A writing that contains information.
    4. Computer Science A piece of work created with an application, as by a word processor.
    5. Computer Science A computer file that is not an executable file and contains data for use by applications.
  2. Something, especially a material substance such as a coin bearing a revealing symbol or mark, that serves as proof or evidence.
tr.v.   (-měnt') doc·u·ment·ed, doc·u·ment·ing, doc·u·ments
  1. To furnish with a document or documents.
  2. To support (an assertion or claim, for example) with evidence or decisive information.
  3. To support (statements in a book, for example) with written references or citations; annotate.

[Middle English, precept, from Old French, from Latin documentum, example, proof, from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
doc'u·ment'al (-měn'tl) adj., doc'u·ment'er n.
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Documental

Doc`u*men"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to instruction. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.

2. Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.
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Language Translation for : Documental
Spanish: documental,
German: urkundlich,
Japanese: 文書の
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