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documentary


2documentary

noun
plural documentaries

Definition of DOCUMENTARY

: a documentary presentation (as a film or novel)
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Examples of DOCUMENTARY

  1. We watched a documentary on the early history of jazz.

First Known Use of DOCUMENTARY

1935

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