document

noun
dŏ'kyo͝omənt

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

Other meanings

Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
A file that contains text.

Synonyms

written document
papers

Related words

doculect
documental
documentality
documentarian
documentary
documentology
hyperdocument
interdocument
intradocument
metadocument
microdocument
multidocument

Example sentences

“The documents were submitted on time.”
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“It's a historical document.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“They signed the document.”
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Word history

From Latin "documentum".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “document” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.