document

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a computer file that contains text using seven-bit ASCII characters

   I had too many documents on my hard drive.

2. 2
   verb

   support or supply with references

   Can you document your claims?

3. 3
   verb

   record in detail

   The parents documented every step of their child's development

4. 4
   noun

   An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

   Saint Luke […] collected them from such documents and testimonies as he […] judged to be authentic.

5. 5
   noun

   Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.

   If a morsel of food fell off your plate, the advice of one contemporary document was to pick it up, make the sign of the cross over it, season it well - and then eat it.

6. 6
   noun

   A file that contains text.

   That exception is the HTML <IMG> tag–which transcludes an image into the context of the document. The image itself is neither embedded within the document nor copied—it is transcluded.

7. 7
   noun

   An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.

   This study examines video game photography as a documentary practice. […] The three themes from this study's findings – that video game photographs act as (1) vehicles for storytelling, (2) creative trophies, and (3) aesthetic tokens – reveal how personally meaningful documents emerge from this medium.

8. 8
   noun

   That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

   And particularly they should take care that the memory of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing multitude of documents or ideas at one time.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.