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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

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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.
    • 2012, Julie A. Jacko, editor, Human Computer Interaction Handbook, 3rd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 571:
      That exception is the HTML <IMG> tag–which transcludes an image into the context of the document. The image itself is neither embedded within the document nor copied—it is transcluded.
  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.

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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.
    • 2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in The New York Times:
      The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.
    • 2015, Louise J. Wilkinson, Women in Thirteenth-Century Lincolnshire, page 92:
      Significantly, on documenting Thomas's subsequent outlawry and Margery's waivery, the court clerk recorded that it was not known whether they had any chattels because they were strangers.
  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.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

document m (plural documents)

  1. document

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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

Noun

document m (plural documents)

  1. document
  2. (computing) file

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Friulian

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Noun

document m

  1. document

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Lombard

Pronunciation

  • (Milanese) IPA(key): /dokyˈmẽːt/

Noun

document m

  1. document

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum. Attested from the 13th century.[1]

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Noun

document m (plural documents)

  1. document

References

  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 207.

Piedmontese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

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Noun

document m

  1. document

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French document, Italian documento, Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

document n (plural documente)

  1. document

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