document

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK): enPR: dŏ'kyo͝omənt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɒkjʊmənt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo͝omənt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɑkjʊmənt/
• (verb)
  • (UK): enPR: dŏ'kyo͝omĕnt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo͝omĕnt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɑkjʊmɛnt/

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

Noun

Singular document

Plural documents

1. (countable) A document is a written record, often official.

   They stopped her at the airport and checked all her documents.

   A number of Chinese documents from 1000 BCE were recently discovered.

   On March 28, 1990, the government published a document listing the companies which it intended to privatize.

2. (countable) A document is a kind of computer text file.

   Can you send me that document by e-mail or fax?

   We should be able to edit your document using MS Word.

Verb

Plain form document

Third-person singular documents

Past tense documented

Past participle documented

Present participle documenting

1. (transitive) If you document something, you make a record of it, usually in writing.

   It's important for newspaper reporters to be there to document the war.

   We have documented number cases in which he has broken company policy.

Related words

• documentation