document
verb/ˈdɒkjument/
/ˈdɑːkjument/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they document | /ˈdɒkjument/ /ˈdɑːkjument/ |
| he / she / it documents | /ˈdɒkjuments/ /ˈdɑːkjuments/ |
| past simple documented | /ˈdɒkjumentɪd/ /ˈdɑːkjumentɪd/ |
| past participle documented | /ˈdɒkjumentɪd/ /ˈdɑːkjumentɪd/ |
| -ing form documenting | /ˈdɒkjumentɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːkjumentɪŋ/ |
- document something to record something in the form of a written document, photograph, film, etc.
- Urban life in the nineteenth century is well documented.
- videos claiming to document animal abuse
- The results are documented in Chapter 3.
Extra Examples- Mobile phones have been used as a tool to document the violation of human rights.
- Students are encouraged to document their experiences.
- His exploits have been well documented by the national press.
- The 790s are one of the best-documented decades in Anglo-Saxon history.
- The film extensively documented the effects of the atomic bomb on human bodies.
- He documented numerous cases in which the disease was spread from animals to humans.
- Examples of business failures are amply documented in this report.
- The archive documents the history of women in architecture.
- The early part of his life is for the most part poorly documented.
- document something to support or accompany something with documents
- This is a meticulously documented biography.
- a clearly documented case of fraud
Extra Examples- This is a basic hardware / software configuration which is well documented so should be easy to use.
- This is all documented in the help files.
- They document their findings with photos and video.
- Unfortunately, there are no empirical data to document the impacts of these measures.
- They provide specimen data to document their assertions.
- The book is thoroughly documented, with citations from critics, artists, and political and literary figures.
- The apportioning of responsibilities and costs should be clearly documented in the initial agreement.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’.
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