document

1. 1.

   writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

   Synonymswritten documentpapers

   Broaderwriting

   Narrowerballotbrevetcapitulationcertificatechartercommercial documentconfessioncopyrightenclosureform

   Partsarticlepreamble
2. 2.

   anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

   Broaderrepresentation

   Narrowerletter
3. 3.

   a written account of ownership or obligation

   Broadercommunication

   Narrowerletter of creditdebt instrumentquittancerecord
4. 4.

   (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters

   Synonymstext file

   Broadercomputer file

   Narrowerweb pageASCII text file

   computer science

1. 1.

   record in detail

   “The parents documented every step of their child's development”

   Broaderrecord
2. 2.

   support or supply with references

   “Can you document your claims?”

   Broaderconfirm

   Narrowersource

Other forms of document

plural

documents·

past tense

documented·

present participle

documenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about document

What does document mean?

document means "writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in document?

document has 3 syllables: do-cu-ment. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ˈdɑkjəmɛnt/.

What is another word for document?

Close synonyms include written document, papers, text file. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is document a common word?

document is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.