document

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[ˈdɒkjʊm(ə)nt], (Noun)

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


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’


[ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt], (Verb)

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- record (something) in written, photographic, or other form
(e.g: the photographer spent years documenting the lives of miners)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’




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