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Document

Document Meaning & Definition
Document Definition And Meaning

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

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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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