document

noun
/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/UK/ˈdɑkjʊmənt/US/ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/UK/ˈdɑkjʊmɛnt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

  1. derived from documentum
  2. borrowed from document

Definitions

  1. An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else,…

    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside…

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

    2. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth

      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.
    3. An example for instruction or warning.

      • They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others.
    4. To record in documents.

      • He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.
      • The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.
    5. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

      • A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at document. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01document02information03entity04data05computer06electronic07electrons

A definitional loop anchored at document. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at document

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA