document
noun
doc·u·ment
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Definition of document
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 law
b
: an original or official paper relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something
c
: something (such as a photograph or a recording) that serves as evidence or proof
2a
: a writing conveying information
financial documents historical documents a classified document that was leaked to the media
b
: a material substance (such as a coin or stone) having on it a representation of thoughts by means of some conventional mark or symbol
c
: documentary
3
: a computer file containing information input by a computer user and usually created with an application (such as a spreadsheet or word processor)
create a new document
document
verb
doc·u·ment
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documented;
documenting;
documents
Definition of document (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to furnish documentary evidence of
documenting their claims documenting gorillas in their natural habitat
2
: to furnish with documents
3a
: to provide with factual or substantial support for statements made or a hypothesis proposed
charges that were well documented document your claim
especially
: to equip with exact references (see reference entry 1 sense 3b) to authoritative supporting information (as by means of footnotes)
failed to adequately document your sources
b(1)
: to construct or produce (something, such as a movie or novel) with authentic situations or events
(2)
: to portray realistically
documents the challenges of being a single parent
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Other Words from document
Noun
documental
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adjective
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adjective
Verb
documentable
\ ˈdä-kyə-ˌmen-tə-bəl
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adjective
, ˌdä-kyə-ˈmen- , -kyü- \
adjective
documenter
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noun
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noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for document
Synonyms: Noun
Synonyms: Verb
demonstrate, establish, prove, substantiate, validate
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of document in a Sentence
Noun
It is important to keep all of your financial documents in a safe place. An important classified document has been leaked to the media. creating a new document on your computer I lost the document when the hard drive crashed.Verb
Her study was the first to document this type of behavior in gorillas. He wrote a book documenting their struggle. Can you document the claims you're making? The charges are well documented.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Aristo’s language model was trained on word sequences from millions of documents (including all of English Wikipedia). — Wired, "AI Can Pass Standardized Tests—But It Would Fail Preschool," 10 Sep. 2019 Taking advantage of the distraction, Eman tossed the bundle of documents away. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Diet Eman, the Dutch Resistance Fighter Who Helped Jews Escape the Nazis, Has Died at 99," 9 Sep. 2019 The department released more than 700 pages of documents Wednesday in the investigation into the shooting of 21-year-old Amilcar Perez-Lopez. — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "The Scanner: Oakland schools under siege by tech bandits," 9 Sep. 2019 The collection consists of documents from 1971 to 1999. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Chicano center’s archives will remain at UC Santa Barbara," 8 Sep. 2019 But a lot of fascinating documents are now in the mix. — oregonlive, "A federal investigation into Nike? Just do it: Steve Duin," 8 Sep. 2019 The House panel requested a variety of documents from the Department of Defense, including all communications between the department and officials working at the resort or linked to it. — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, "'Conflict of interest concerns': House investigating increased military spending at Trump's Turnberry resort," 7 Sep. 2019 However, a trust led by Do has been busy assembling the properties over a stretch that began in 2010 and ended in 2018, according to a review by this news organization of public documents posted in a research database. — George Avalos, The Mercury News, "Homes, retail, senior living projects planned near Google village in downtown San Jose," 6 Sep. 2019 About one-fifth of all documents filed in the case were done so under seal— a level of secrecy the 2nd Circuit ruled was unjustified. — Jim Mustian, sun-sentinel.com, "Judge to discuss unsealing new trove of Jeffrey Epstein court papers," 4 Sep. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The Broncos, as has been well documented, have been chasing their tail at the game’s most important position. — Ryan O’halloran, The Denver Post, "Broncos Journal: 7 questions — and attempted answers — about the 2019 season," 6 Sep. 2019 As documented by The Advocate, video from the event appears to show police in full riot gear and an officer pepper spraying those there to oppose the brief march that featured several messages of support for President Donald Trump. — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, "The Straight Pride Parade Was a Reminder that Queer Liberation Must Be Anti-Racist," 3 Sep. 2019 Prince William, however, has a history of taking budget airlines, as documented by Money. — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, "Prince William and Kate Middleton Flew On Budget Airline After Blowback Over Harry and Megan's Private Jet Use," 23 Aug. 2019 But as Wong Sin Kiong of the National University of Singapore has documented, the boycott took off only after American immigration officers began humiliating educated Chinese as well as labourers. — The Economist, "China’s thin-skinned online nationalists want to be both loved and feared by the West," 22 Aug. 2019 For example, Soper notes that the Baganda people of Uganda destroy the homes of people who die by suicide and banish their kin, as other scholars have documented. — Elizabeth Culotta, Science | AAAS, "Have humans developed natural defenses against suicide?," 22 Aug. 2019 Middle school, as documented in such educational opuses as Eighth Grade and School of Rock, is legendarily awful. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, "These Academics Spent $1.35 To Make Middle School Less Awful. Here's How.," 30 July 2019 As documented in a two-year series by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, called A Time to Heal, Milwaukee lives with an epidemic of psychological civilian trauma, which in turn generates mental health and behavioral health afflictions. — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee County wants to retool the way it helps people suffering from a mental health crisis. Consensus is lacking.," 24 July 2019 But even with such factors considered, Humira’s price kept soaring, as documented in a March lawsuit against AbbVie filed by UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund, a large New York grocery workers’ union. — Fortune, "Protect at All Costs: How the Maker of the World’s Bestselling Drug Keeps Prices Sky-High," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'document.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.