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document
  1. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. Any material substance on which the thoughts of people are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.
  2. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
  3. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Have your documents ready when you apply for your driver's license.”
      “The document outlines the events during the period of upheaval in great detail.”
      “Fill out the necessary document and submit it when ready.”
documentation
  1. Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
  2. (computing) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
  3. (programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “His theories have been backed up by reliable documentation.”
      “For more information on SuSE user management, refer to your product's documentation.”
      “She refers to a clear recollection of documentation relating to her annual membership renewal frequently being late in completion.”
docusoap
  1. (uncountable) A genre of reality television in the style of a documentary in which an apparent plot is constructed by intention or editing in order to make programmes in this genre resemble soap operas.
  2. (countable) A television programme in this genre.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the same way the docusoap was big five years ago, now you can't move for people buying one another's houses and doing them up.”
      “The rector has been inundated with letters, e-mails and telephone calls from people who have watched him in the docusoap.”
      “She was at home in Middleton today making plans to return to Greece next summer and hoping she might find more TV work from the holiday docusoap.”
docudrama
  1. A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The other one I did was much more like a docudrama, where you took a real situation and told a story around that.”
      “Life story agreements generally require the subject to go on a press tour in conjunction with the airing of the docudrama.”
      “As well as documentaries, this year's fest offers up a compelling docudrama on an infamous true story.”
documentary
  1. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The BBC showed a documentary about life in rural England.”
      “Recently, Doumanian had seen a documentary chronicling the life of comics artist Robert Crumb.”
documentality
  1. A theory giving documents a central position within the sphere of social objects, conceived as distinct from physical and ideal objects.
docufiction
  1. (neologism) A cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction; docudrama.
documentalist
  1. A person, especially a librarian, who is an expert in documents and documentation
documentarian
  1. A person whose profession is to create documentary films.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He has consistently distanced himself from his documentarian brethren, both aesthetically and politically.”
      “But while his techniques as a documentarian may be undisciplined, there's no denying his passion and dedication for the subject.”
      “Made by the veteran photographer and documentarian, the series will recollect Taiwanese society over eight episodes.”
docufantasy
  1. (rare) A fictional programme presented as a documentary.
docuseries
  1. A documentary, or a collection of documentaries, presented as a series.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She has recently been working on a docuseries which will start airing on Sunday.”
      “Horseplayers, a docuseries that takes place in the high-stakes world of professional horse race handicapping, will premiere this year.”
      “Upcoming docuseries include Cold Justice and Save Our Business as the network attempts to build a year-round lineup of original programming.”
documentarist
  1. A maker of documentaries.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This is a first feature from documentarist Tareque Masud, autobiographical, but refreshingly without egotism or conceit.”
      “His two best friends are said to be former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Leni Riefenstahl, the documentarist who made propaganda films of Hitler.”
      “Behemoth is a documentary about mining in China by Chinese documentarist and multimedia artist Zhao Lian.”
documentability
  1. The quality of being documentable.
documentariness
  1. The quality of being documentary.
documentor
  1. Alternative form of documenter
  2. Examples:
    1. “There are informants in all villages, and they will report on the presence of a documentor.”
documenter
  1. One who documents something
  2. Examples:
    1. “He was the documenter of the techniques and the person who compiled the doctrine learned into a teachable format for the masses.”
      “In this discontinuous and heterogeneous present, the videomaker is witness, participant, and documenter simultaneously.”
      “These bonds, between documenter and the documented – and the protectiveness Hetherington felt towards the men – are obvious in these photographs.”
docudramatist
  1. A writer of docudrama.
docu
  1. (informal) documentary
  2. Examples:
    1. “Yesterday I saw a docu about a dingo that carried off this couple's baby while they were having a picnic.”
documentalists
  1. plural of documentalist
documentarists
  1. plural of documentarist
  2. Examples:
    1. “Like his fellow wartime documentarists, he made a successful transition into feature film-making.”
      “Despite its dominance of the genre, the social problem documentary does not seem to satisfy many contemporary documentarists.”
      “The catalogue refers to the photographers as documentarists.”
documentarians
  1. plural of documentarian
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He focused on her Depression-era photographs and early work for the magazine, viewing Mieth as a precursor to later social documentarians.”
      “The nature of the event will make it possible for ordinary citizens to act as documentarians, spot-news photographers, and paparazzi.”
      “The documentarians who were at the awards show are all fine film-makers, but also good, really hard working people.”
documentations
  1. (very rare) plural of documentation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This book held all of his doodles, sketches, and documentations on the many floras and faunas of the worlds he trekked.”
      “The version presented here is based on United Nations historical documentations.”
      “Was there a reaction, for instance, to standardizing consent forms and other documentations, as required?”
docudramatists
  1. plural of docudramatist
docufictions
  1. plural of docufiction
documentaries
  1. plural of documentary
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The treatment of social issues in her films, including several documentaries, has run her afoul of the government.”
      “However, as I have no stamina for non-narrative documentaries, by about two thirds of the way through I was bored and wishing it'd finish.”
      “I have since viewed the two documentaries and am convinced these poor kids were railroaded.”
docufantasies
  1. plural of docufantasy
documenters
  1. plural of documenter
documentors
  1. plural of documentor
docudramas
documents
  1. plural of document
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I snatch some random documents and chuck them into the bin.”
      “I borrowed a folder bag from Raj to keep my resume and other documents for the interview.”
      “At this conference, Siaka Stevens refused to sign the documents agreeing to the new constitution.”
docusoaps
  1. plural of docusoap
  2. Examples:
    1. “The biggest threat to a grand comedy tradition has come from docusoaps and reality programmes.”
      “The latest in a recent spate of docusoaps, it is bound to make compulsive viewing.”
      “We are supposed to dislike docusoaps on the grounds that they are brain candy, but the words pot and kettle do come very quickly to mind here.”
docus
  1. plural of docu
  2. Examples:
    1. “This year marks the first in MIFF's history that the opening and closing pics are both docus.”
      “In television, Scott Free has tackled a range of projects from historical docus to big-budget costume dramas.”
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