1.  document(n = noun.communication) papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature);
is a kind of piece of writing, writing, written material
has parts: article, clause, preamble
has particulars: ballot, brevet, capitulation, certificate, certification, credential, credentials, charter, commercial document, commercial instrument, confession, copyright, right of first publication, enclosure, inclosure, form, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, papyrus, patent, patent of invention, platform, political platform, political program, program, resignation, declaration, resolution, resolve, source, specification, voucher, report, study, written report
Derived forms verb document₂, adjective documental₁, adjective documentary₁

2.  document(n = noun.artifact) - anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks;
is a kind of representation
has particulars: letter, missive
Derived forms adjective documental₁, adjective documentary₁

3.  document(n = noun.possession) - a written account of ownership or obligation;
is a kind of communication
has particulars: letter of credit, certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation, quittance, record
Derived form adjective documentary₁

4.  document(n = noun.communication) text file - (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters;
is a kind of computer file
has particulars: web page, webpage, ascii text file
Derived form adjective documentary₁

1.  document(v = verb.communication) - record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development"
is one way to enter, put down, record
Derived forms noun documentary₁, noun documentation₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  document(v = verb.cognition) - support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"
is one way to affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain
Derived forms noun document₁, noun documentation₃, noun documentation₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

document, n. & v. Law
--n. a piece of written or printed matter that provides a record or evidence of events, an agreement, ownership, identification, etc.
--v.tr.
1 prove by or provide with documents or evidence.
2 record in a document.

Derivative:
documental adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF f. L documentum proof f. docere teach

N  evidence, facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds, indication, criterion, testimony, testification, expert testimony, attestation, deposition, examination, admission, authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket, testamur, record, document, pi ce justificative, deed, warranty, signature, seal, exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence, witness, indicator, hostile witness, eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence, deponent, sponsor, cojuror, oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence, proof, evidence in chief, secondary evidence, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, compurgation, wager of law, comprobation, citation, reference, legal research, literature search (experiment), showing, indicative, indicatory, deducible, grounded on, founded on, based on, corroborative, confirmatory, by inference, according to, witness, a fortiori, still more, still less, raison de plus, in corroboration, of, valeat quantum, under seal, under one's hand and seal, dictum de dicto, mise en evidence.

N  record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.

commercial document, historical document, legal document, official document, written document