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Definition of document verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’.
See document in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee document in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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