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# document

noun (a document, documents); verb (document, documents, documented, documenting)

«document» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. noun: A document is a piece of paper or a computer file with official or important writing, such as a passport, letter or report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#m1)
2. noun: A document is any file you write on a computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#m2)
3. verb: To document something means to record it carefully in writing, photos or video. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school pupils write and save documents on computers and study historical documents as sources. In everyday life adults keep documents like birth certificates and passports safe. In science we document results. Phrases: official document, save the document, identity documents, document the results.

### Examples

- Please print the document and sign it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x1)
- Bring your travel documents to the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x2)
- I saved the document in my folder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x3)
- Historians read old documents to learn about the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x4)
- We documented the plant's growth with photos every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x5)
- The film documents the life of a penguin family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x6)
- It is for professional students of folk-lore to study the original documents for themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun. Noun stressed DOC-u-ment; the verb is said the same way but ends with a clearer "ment". Related: documentary (a factual film), documentation (written records). Short form: doc.

## In Jewish tradition

In school pupils write and save documents on computers and study historical documents as sources. In everyday life adults keep documents like birth certificates and passports safe. In science we document results. Phrases: official document, save the document, identity documents, document the results.

### Examples

- From the foregoing it is evident that so far we have no historic document by which to prove either the authorship or the exact age of the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/document/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun. Noun stressed DOC-u-ment; the verb is said the same way but ends with a clearer "ment". Related: documentary (a factual film), documentation (written records). Short form: doc.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «document» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/document/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «document» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/document/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«document» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/document.html) on Mova free.