document

(dŏkˈyə-mənt)

1. a. 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.
   b. Something, such as a recording or a photograph, that can be used to furnish evidence or information.
   c. A writing that contains information.
   d. Computer Science A piece of work created with an application, as by a word processor.
   e. 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.

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.

Related Forms:

• docˌu·mentˈal (-mĕnˈtl) adjective

• docˈu·mentˌer noun