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What's The Definition Of Document?
[n] anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
[n] writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) [n] (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters [n] a written account of ownership or obligation [v] record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" [v] support with evidence; "Can you document your claims?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Document: papers | text file | written document Related Terms | Find terms related to Document: adduce | affirm | anatomize | archives | article | atomize | attest | authenticate | autograph | back | back up | bear out | blank | bolster | brainchild | buttress | call to mind | certificate | certify | chirograph | chronicle | circumstantiate | cite | cite a particular | composition | computer printout | confirm | copy | corroborate | demonstrate | descend to particulars | describe | detail | docket | dossier | draft | edited version | engrossment | enter into detail | essay | evidence | example | exemplify | fair copy | fiction | file | final draft | finished version | first draft | flimsy | form | fortify | give a for-instance | give full particulars | holograph | illustrate | instance | instrument | itemize | legal document | legal instrument | legal paper | letter | literae scriptae | literary artefact | literary production | literature | lucubration | manuscript | matter | monument | name | nonfiction | official document | opus | original | paper | papers | parchment | particularize | penscript | personal file | piece | piece of writing | play | poem | printed matter | printout | probate | production | prove | quote | ratify | reading matter | recension | record | reinforce | report | roll | screed | scrip | script | scrive | scroll | second draft | specify | spell out | strengthen | substantiate | support | sustain | testimony | the written word | transcript | transcription | typescript | undergird | uphold | validate | verify | version | warrant | work | writ | writing See Also | affirm | article | articles of incorporation | ASCII text file | ballot | brevet | capitualtion | certificate | certificate of indebtedness | certification | charter | clause | commercial document | commercial instrument | communication | computer file | confession | confirm | copyright | corroborate | credential | credentials | debt instrument | declaration | enclosure | enter | form | inclosure | instrument | legal document | legal instrument | letter | letter of credit | missive | official document | papyrus | patent | patent of invention | piece of writing | platform | political platform | political program | preamble | program | put down | quittance | record | record | representation | resignation | resolution | resolve | right of first publication | source | specification | substantiate | support | sustain | web page | writing | written material Document In Webster's Dictionary \Doc"u*ment\, n. [LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach:
cf. F. document. See {Docile}.]
1. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth;
precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.]
Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap
or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. --
I. Watts.
2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]
They were forth with stoned to death, as a document
to others. -- Sir W.
Raleigh.
3. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis,
proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most
extended sense, including any writing, book, or other
instrument conveying information in the case; any material
substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by
any species of conventional mark or symbol.
Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents
and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic.
--Paley.
\Doc"u*ment\, v. t. 1. To teach; to school. [Obs.] I am finely documented by my own daughter. -- Dryden. 2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law. |
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