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Word document
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈdɒkjumənt / NAmE / ˈdɑːkjumənt /
Example
  • legal documents
  • travel documents
  • copies of the relevant documents must be filed at court.
  • one of the documents leaked to the press was a memorandum written by the head of the security police.
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document

(noun)BrE / ˈdɒkjumənt / NAmE / ˈdɑːkjumənt /
  1. an official paper or book that gives information about something, or that can be used as evidence or proof of something
    • legal documents
    • travel documents
    • Copies of the relevant documents must be filed at court.
    • One of the documents leaked to the press was a memorandum written by the head of the security police.
  2. a computer file that contains text that has a name that identifies it
    • Save the document before closing.

    Extra Examples

    • A document signed abroad is as legally binding as one signed at home.
    • According to leaked cabinet documents, no compensation would be paid.
    • Cut and paste is used to move text to a new place in the document.
    • Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
    • Documents will be available at the news conference.
    • Existing paper documents could be scanned into a computer.
    • Go through the document checking for errors.
    • He has promised to post a formal offer document to shareholders by Monday.
    • He particularly criticized the terminology in the document.
    • He was trying to destroy documents that testified to his guilt.
    • He was unable to produce the document that he claimed would prove his case.
    • Her journal is an important document of 19th-century rural life
    • Highlight a passage in the active document and click on the print icon.
    • I had to search through 4 000 documents to find the information I needed.
    • I saved my work and opened a new document.
    • Keep your travel documents in a secure place.
    • No other genuine document exists.
    • Please sign the enclosed document and return it to me.
    • Scroll through the document using the scroll bar.
    • Scroll through the document using the slider bar on the right of the window.
    • Send and receive documents at the click of a button.
    • Supporting documents must be submitted to the supervisory authority.
    • The 1840 treaty is widely regarded as New Zealand’s founding document.
    • The Department issued a consultation document.
    • The conference adopted a document on minority rights.
    • The document is dated 775.
    • The document is written in Chinese.
    • The document says they are against tax rebates.
    • The government has produced an important new policy document.
    • The original document has been lost or destroyed.
    • The relevant documents are enclosed for your information.
    • There is a disclaimer throughout the official documents.
    • There is little reason to doubt the authenticity of this document.
    • This statement must be understood in the context of the entire document.
    • To create a new document, select New from the File menu.
    • a car’s registration document
    • a consultative document issued by the Department of Trade and Industry
    • a document agreed with the District Council
    • a document calling for a ceasefire
    • a document concerning arbitration procedures in Cairo
    • a document entitled ‘Guidelines for Good Practice’
    • a document of 1999
    • a government document on education policy
    • a software tool for searching documents and retrieving information
    • a working document in the discussions for a final treaty
    • details of internal UN documents
    • documents aimed at stimulating discussion
    • documents covering various points of concern
    • documents dating back to the 1920s
    • documents leaked from the government to the press
    • one of the key documents in this case
    • to display documents on screen
    • A lawyer will have to draw up the document for you.
    • A top secret government document was leaked to the press.
    • It’s simply a working document at present.
    • Remember that this is a legally binding document.
    • Several important official documents are missing.
    • The committee presented a discussion document at yesterday’s meeting.
    • The document was agreed by the committee.
    • The draft version of the document contained several errors.
    • They have produced a new policy document.
    • This is an important legal document.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’.
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