Meaning of document in English

document

noun [ C ]

/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/ us

/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/

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a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an official type:

official document A power of attorney is an official document that allows one person to act on another's behalf.

confidential document She denied that she had given copies of confidential documents to a journalist.

legal document Williams had ill-advisedly signed a legal document without understanding its content.

forged document They are charged with using forged documents.

a text that is written and stored on a computer:

I'll send you the document by email.

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This certificate is an important document, and should be kept securely .
I've lost a file containing a lot of important documents.
Many important historical documents were destroyed when the library was bombed.
Please sign one copy of the document and return it to us as soon as possible.
To open a new document, click 'File', then click 'New'.

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document

verb [ T ]

/ˈdɒk.jə.ment/ us

/ˈdɑː.kjə.ment/

to record the details of an event, a process, etc.:

well-documented His interest in cars has been well-documented (= recorded and written about) by the media.

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(Definition of document from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

document | American Dictionary

document

noun [ C ]

/ˈdɑk·jə·mənt/

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a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, esp. of an official type:

Do you have all your documents in order to apply for a passport?

A document is also a file on a computer in which text is stored.

document

verb [ T ]

/ˈdɑk·jəˌment/

to record information about something by writing about it or taking photographs of it:

The study documents various aspects of Indian life in this period.

(Definition of document from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

document | Business English

document

noun [ C ]

/ˈdɒkjəmənt/ us

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a paper or set of papers that contains official information or instructions:

a one-/five-/twenty-, etc. page document

a consultative/consultation/framework document

draft/circulate/publish a document Each bank will be required to publish a document detailing its annual and final bonus payments.

obtain/receive/sign a document Don't sign any documents with items left blank or containing anything you don't understand.

a document contains/outlines/describes Federal Agency documents outline the scope of the extensive project.

Full details will be included in your policy document.

We will accept original documents only, not copies.

A spokesman from the Home Office refused to comment on the leaked document.

a forged document

a legal/official/formal document

a classified/internal/confidential document

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defence document
export document
offer document
shipping documents

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a computer file that contains text and sometimes images:

print/save/format a document Remember to save your documents at regular intervals when making changes.

I was unable to open the attached document.

document

verb [ T ]

/ˈdɒkjəment/ us

to record information about something important by writing about it or photographing it:

Companies must document the controls their financial departments use to deter fraud.

The harmful effects of greenhouse gases have been well documented.

A recent state investigation found that the district has failed to document how it spent some $23 million in federal funds.

(Definition of document from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of document

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The field of molecular phylogeography, which documents the history of spatial isolation and geographic expansion of populations, has developed.

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We did not object to retaining documents at field or site locations provided the suggestions we made were implemented.

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From the schematic, the design matures into final construction documents comprising the plans and specifications from which equipment procurement and construction bids can be solicited.

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A few visual documents provide us with further evidence in this regard.

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His work documents a peculiar resistance to employing dualist modal intuitions which is not uncommon.

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They were therefore at some pains to preserve any documents referring to the construction.

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The last bit of evidence comes from two 1576 documents.

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No other literary scholar had ever made such extensive use of archival documents.

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Disruption of visuospatial processing by concurrent spatial movements has been extensively documented.

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Although no new documents have been added to this re-issued volume, readers should still be rewarded with the wealth of material included.

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Sample members were followed up with the aim of documenting changes in their health and social circumstances two and a half years later.

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Personal documents or case studies involving unique experience are different versions of reality and thus legitimate subjects of study.

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Since the documents are full of the supernatural, the process of enquiry must strip away subsequent accretions.

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Second, our search strategy, like the other existing search strategies, requires clinicians to spend time comparing and contrasting individual documents.

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Numerous studies documented the relation of increased physical activity with an improved cardiovascular risk factor profile in adults.

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archival document

It depends heavily on oral history, and is not a comprehensive history of country women but essentially an archival document on them.

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binding document

It is therefore to all intents and purposes a binding document.

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briefing document

On turning over the briefing document, the page was blank.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

（尤指正式的）文件，公文, （電腦）文件，文檔, 記錄，記載…

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