document

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Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: dŏ'kyo͝omənt, IPA^(key): /ˈdɒkjʊmənt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo͝omənt, IPA^(key): /ˈdɑkjʊmənt/

    • Audio (US)

      (file)

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: dŏ'kyo͝omĕnt, IPA^(key): /ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/

    • Audio (Southern England)

      (file)

  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo͝omĕnt, IPA^(key): /ˈdɑkjʊmɛnt/

Noun

document (plural documents)

1. An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
   • 1794, William Paley, View of the Evidences of Christianity:

     Saint Luke […] collected them from such documents and testimonies as he […] judged to be authentic.

2. Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
3. (computing) A file that contains text.
4. (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
   • 2022 July 15, Alex Urban, “Mementos from digital worlds: Video game photography as documentation”, in Journal of Documentation, →DOI, →ISSN, Abstract:

     This study examines video game photography as a documentary practice. […] The three themes from this study's findings – that video game photographs act as (1) vehicles for storytelling, (2) creative trophies, and (3) aesthetic tokens – reveal how personally meaningful documents emerge from this medium.

5. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
   • 1741, Isaac Watts, The Improvement of the Mind:

     And particularly they should take care that the memory of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing multitude of documents or ideas at one time.

6. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
   • 1614, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Historie of the World:

     They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others.

Hyponyms

• here document
• Web document

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

document (third-person singular simple present documents, present participle documenting, simple past and past participle documented)

1. To record in documents.

   He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.

2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

   A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

Derived terms

• documentation

Translations

Further reading

• document on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “document”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document

Related terms

• documentar

Further reading

• “document” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “document”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “document” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “document” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdoː.kyˈmɛnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: do‧cu‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

document n (plural documenten, diminutive documentje n)

1. document

   Synonym: bewijsstuk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dokument
• → Indonesian: dokumen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ky.mɑ̃/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃
• Homophone: documents

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document
2. (computing) file

Derived terms

• documenter

Descendants

• → Romanian: document
• → Turkish: doküman

Further reading

• “document”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Friulian

Pronunciation

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Noun

document m

1. document

Related terms

• documentâ

Further reading

• https://arlef.it/grant-dizionari-bilenghe-talian-furlan/?word=documento&trad=ttf

Lombard

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /dokyˈmẽːt/

Noun

document m

1. document

Related terms

• documentà

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum. Attested from the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈkymen/

• Audio (Béarn)

  (file)

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document

Related terms

• documentar

References

Piedmontese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dukyˈmɛŋt/

Noun

document m

1. document

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French document, Italian documento, Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.kuˈment/

Noun

document n (plural documente)

1. document

Declension

Further reading

• document in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)