document
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
document
▶noun /ˈdɒkjʊm(ə)nt/ a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence, or that serves as an official record. ▶verb /ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/ record in written, photographic, or other form.
– derivatives
documentable adjective,
documental /-ˈmɛnt(ə)l/ adjective,
documentative adjective.
documentable adjective,
documental /-ˈmɛnt(ə)l/ adjective,
documentative adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in med. L. ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’.
'document' also found in these Oxford entries:
amend
- annex
- antedate
- append
- article
- assignment
- backdate
- bill
- billet
- birth certificate
- blank
- bull
- caption
- carbon paper
- certificate
- Citizen's Charter
- clerical error
- Command Paper
- constructionist
- co-signatory
- counterpart
- countersign
- covering letter
- deed
- DIP
- diploma
- doc
- docket
- draw
- driving licence
- DTD
- effectual
- embed
- enclosure
- endorse
- engross
- engrossment
- enrol
- envelope
- -er
- escrow
- evidence
- exhibit
- expire
- fax
- file
- fill
- flimsy
- footer
