- document
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 official paper/bookADJECTIVE▪ important, key▪
one of the key documents in this case
▪ relevant▪ lengthy, long▪ brief, short▪ 10-page, etc.▪ complete, entire, whole▪This statement must be understood in the context of the entire document.
▪ detailed▪ draft▪ revised▪ final▪ original▪The original document has been lost or destroyed.
▪ paper, printed, written▪ published, unpublished▪ attached, enclosed▪Please sign the enclosed document and return it to me.
▪ single▪A constitution need not be a single document.
▪ classified, confidential, privileged (law), secret, sensitive, top-secret▪ private▪ declassified, public▪ available▪Documents will be available at the news conference.
▪ internal▪details of internal UN documents
▪ signed, unsigned▪ disclosed (esp. BrE), leaked▪ incriminating▪ authentic, genuine▪ fake, false, forged, fraudulent (esp. AmE), phoney/phony (esp. AmE)▪ court, government, legal, official▪ policy, strategy▪ travel▪Keep your travel documents in a secure place.
▪ registration (esp. BrE)▪the car's registration document (BrE)
▪ contract, offer (BrE), tender (BrE) (all business)▪He has promised to send out a formal offer document to shareholders by Monday.
▪ briefing▪ consultation (BrE), consultative (BrE), discussion, planning, working▪The Department issued a consultation document.
▪a working document in the discussions for a final treaty
▪ basic, framework (esp. BrE)▪ guidance▪ supporting▪ binding, contractual (BrE)▪A document signed in another country is as legally binding as one signed at home.
▪ constitutional, founding (esp. AmE)▪The 1840 treaty is widely regarded as New Zealand's founding document.
▪ historical… OF DOCUMENT▪ copyVERB + DOCUMENT▪ draft, draw up, prepare, produce▪The government has produced an important new policy document.
▪ type, write▪ revise▪ disclose (law), issue, publish, release▪a consultative document issued by the Department
▪ declassify▪ obtain, receive▪ file▪Copies of the relevant documents must be filed at court.
▪ hand sb, hand over, present, submit▪Supporting documents must be submitted to the supervisory authority.
▪ produce, show▪He was unable to produce the document that he claimed would prove his case.
▪ circulate, send, send out▪ leak▪documents leaked from the government to the press
▪ destroy▪He was trying to destroy documents that testified to his guilt.
▪ go through, read, read through▪Go through the document checking for errors.
▪ search through▪I had to search through 4 000 documents to find the information I needed.
▪ consider, examine, study▪ review (esp. AmE)▪ adopt, approve, execute (law), sign▪The conference adopted a document on minority rights.
▪ authenticate▪ forge▪ refer to▪ attach, enclose▪The relevant documents are enclosed for your information.
▪ scan▪Existing paper documents could be scanned into a computer.
DOCUMENT + VERB▪ concern sth, deal with sth, focus on sth, relate to sth▪ contain sth, cover sth, include sth▪documents covering various points of concern
▪ refer to sth▪ acknowledge sth, describe sth, detail sth, explain sth, indicate sth, list sth, note sth, outline sth, record sth, say sth, set out sth, state sth, tell sb sth▪The document says they are against tax rebates.
▪ call for sth, propose sth, suggest sth▪a document calling for a ceasefire
▪ reveal sth, show sth▪ summarize sth▪ confirm sth▪ be called sth, be entitled sth, be headed sth▪a document entitled ‘Guidelines for Good Practice’
▪ be written▪The document is written in Chinese.
▪ be dated … , date back to … , date from …▪documents dating back to the 1920s
▪The document is dated 775.
PREPOSITION▪ according to a/the document▪According to leaked cabinet documents, no compensation would be paid.
▪ in a/the document▪He particularly criticized the terminology in the document.
▪ throughout a/the document▪There is a disclaimer throughout the official documents.
▪ document about, document concerning▪a document concerning arbitration procedures in Cairo
▪ document of▪a document of 2 000 words
▪Her journal is an important document of 19th-century rural life
▪ document on▪a government document on education policy
PHRASES▪ a draft of a document, a version of a document▪ the authenticity of a document▪There is little reason to doubt the authenticity of this document.
2 computer fileADJECTIVE▪ electronic▪ printed▪ HTML, XML, etc.▪ hypertext, text▪ new▪I saved my work and opened a new document.
▪ saved▪ active, current▪Highlight a passage in the active document and click on the print icon.
VERB + DOCUMENT▪ close, open▪ display▪to display documents on screen
▪ view▪ retrieve▪ download▪ scroll through▪Scroll through the document using the scroll bar.
▪ search▪a software tool for searching documents
▪ create, generate▪To create a new document, select New from the File menu.
▪ edit▪ save▪Save the document before closing.
▪ format▪ spellcheck▪ receive, send▪Send and receive documents at the click of a button.
▪ print, print out▪ attachPREPOSITION▪ in a/the document▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Cut and paste is used to move text to a new place in the document.
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.
