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document

n. countable
A2 Elementary Oxford US //ˈdɑkjəmɛnt// doc·u·ment Academic Archaic General-service

n. a piece of paper or a digital file that gives information or proof of something.

n. a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.


SIMPLE

Please save the document before you close the program.

CONTEXTUAL

The lawyer asked me to sign the legal document to confirm that I agreed to the terms.

COMPLEX

Historians rely on primary source documents to reconstruct the daily lives of people who lived centuries ago, as these records offer direct evidence of past events.

Synonyms
Origin

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Usage

Often used with verbs like 'attach', 'file', 'sign', or 'upload'.

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