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doc⋅u⋅ment

  [n. dok-yuh-muhnt; v. dok-yuh-ment]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. any written item, as a book, article, or letter, esp. of a factual or informative nature.
3. a computer data file.
4. Archaic. evidence; proof.
–verb (used with object)
5. to furnish with documents.
6. to furnish with references, citations, etc., in support of statements made: a carefully documented biography.
7. to support by documentary evidence: to document a case.
8. Nautical. to provide (a vessel) with a certificate giving particulars concerning nationality, ownership, tonnage, dimensions, etc.
9. Obsolete. to instruct.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< AF) < L documentum example (as precedent, warning, etc.), equiv. to doc- (s. of docēre to teach) + -u- (var. of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
doc⋅u⋅ment⋅a⋅ble  [dok-yuh-men-tuh-buhl, dok-yuh-men-] , adjective
doc⋅u⋅ment⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
6. corroborate, verify, substantiate, validate.
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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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Document

Doc"u*ment\, n. [LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]

1. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.]

Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. -- I. Watts.

2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]

They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others. -- Sir W. Raleigh.

3. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic. --Paley.

Document

Doc"u*ment\, v. t. 1. To teach; to school. [Obs.]

I am finely documented by my own daughter. -- Dryden.

2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : document
Spanish: documento,
German: das Dokument,
Japanese: 文書
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document 
c.1450, "teaching, instruction," from M.Fr. document "lesson, written evidence," from L. documentum "example, proof, lesson," in M.L. "official written instrument," from docere "to show, teach" (see doctor). Meaning "something written that provides proof or evidence" is from 1727; the verb meaning "to support by documentary evidence" is from 1711. Documentary first used 1930 in sense of "film based on actual events," from Fr. film documentarie (1924). Docudrama is a 1961 coinage.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: doc·u·ment
Pronunciation: 'dä-ky&-m&nt
Function: noun
1 : a writing (as a deed or lease) conveying information —see also INSTRUMENT
2 a : something (as a writing, photograph, or recording) that may be used as evidence b : an official paper (as a license) relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something (as a right or privilege)

Main Entry: doc·u·ment
Pronunciation: 'dä-ky&-"ment
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to furnish documentary evidence of b : to provide with exact references to authoritative supporting information
2 : to furnish (as a ship) with documents (as ship's papers)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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document
1. Any specific type of file produced or edited by a specific application; usually capable of being printed. E.g. "Word document", "Photoshop document", etc.
2. A term used on some systems (e.g. Intermedia) for a hypertext node. It is sometimes used for a collection of nodes on related topics, possibly stored or distributed as one.
3. To write documentation on a certain piece of code.
(2003-10-25)

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