document
The definition of a document is a piece of paper or papers containing information often used as proof or a record of something.
(noun)An example of document is the United States Constitution.
Document is defined as to gather and report the details of something or prove something.
(verb)An example of document is a writer covering an event for a newspaper article.
See document in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- anything printed, written, etc. that contains information or is relied upon to record or prove something
- anything serving as proof
Origin: ME & OFr < L documentum, lesson, example, proof < docere, to teach: see decent
transitive verb
- to provide with a document or documents
- to provide (a book, pamphlet, etc.) with documents or supporting references
- to prove, as by reference to documents
- to gather and report the details of; cover or chronicle
Related Forms:
- documental adjective
See document in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- 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.
- Something, especially a material substance such as a coin bearing a revealing symbol or mark, that serves as proof or evidence.
- To furnish with a document or documents.
- To support (an assertion or claim, for example) with evidence or decisive information.
- To support (statements in a book, for example) with written references or citations; annotate.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, precept
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin documentum, example, proof
Origin: , from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- docˌu·mentˈal (-mĕnˈtl) adjective
- docˈu·mentˌer noun
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