DOCUMENT

document

(noun) anything serving as a representation of a person’s thinking by means of symbolic marks

document, written document, papers

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

document

(noun) a written account of ownership or obligation

document

(verb) support or supply with references; “Can you document your claims?”

document

(verb) record in detail; “The parents documented every step of their child’s development”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

document (plural documents)

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.

(computing) A file that contains text.

(obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

(obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.

Hyponyms

• here document

• Web document

Verb

document (third-person singular simple present documents, present participle documenting, simple past and past participle documented)

To record in documents.

To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

Source: Wiktionary

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Doc"u*ment, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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