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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, especially 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.
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Documents
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin documentum example (as precedent, warning, etc.), equivalent to doc- (stem of docēre to teach) + -u- (variant of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment
1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin documentum example (as precedent, warning, etc.), equivalent to doc- (stem of docēre to teach) + -u- (variant of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment
Related forms
doc·u·ment·er, noun
non·doc·u·ment·ed, adjective, noun
re·doc·u·ment, verb (used with object)
well-doc·u·ment·ed, adjective
Synonyms
6. corroborate, verify, substantiate, validate.
6. corroborate, verify, substantiate, validate.
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Word Origin & History
document
mid-15c., "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
EXPANDfrom 1727; the verb meaning "to support by documentary evidence" is from 1711. Related: Documented; documents.
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