Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK): enPR: dŏ'kyo͝omənt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɒkjʊmənt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo͝omənt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɑkjʊmənt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
• (verb)
  • (UK): enPR: dŏ'kyo͝omĕnt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo͝omĕnt, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɑkjʊmɛnt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation

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Noun

1. (countable)Category:Countable nouns A document is a written record, often official.

   They stopped her at the airport and checked all her documents.

   A number of Chinese documents from 1000 BCE were recently discovered.

   On March 28, 1990, the government published a document listing the companies which it intended to privatize.

2. (countable)Category:Countable nouns A document is a kind of computer text file.

   Can you send me that document by e-mail or fax?

   We should be able to edit your document using MS Word.

Verb

1. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs If you document something, you make a record of it, usually in writing.

   It's important for newspaper reporters to be there to document the war.

   We have documented number cases in which he has broken company policy.