document

²doc·u·ment

verb \ˈdä-kyə-ˌment\

Definition of DOCUMENT

transitive verb

1

: to furnish documentary evidence of

2

: to furnish with documents

3

a : to provide with factual or substantial support for statements made or a hypothesis proposed; especially : to equip with exact references to authoritative supporting information b (1) : to construct or produce (as a movie or novel) with authentic situations or events (2) : to portray realistically

4

: to furnish (a ship) with ship's papers

— doc·u·ment·able \-ˌmen-tə-bəl, ˌdä-kyə-ˈ, -kyü-\ adjective

— doc·u·ment·er \ˈdä-kyə-ˌmen-tər\ noun

Examples of DOCUMENT

1. Her study was the first to document this type of behavior in gorillas.
2. He wrote a book documenting their struggle.
3. Can you document the claims you're making?
4. The charges are well documented.

First Known Use of DOCUMENT

1711

Related to DOCUMENT

Synonyms: demonstrate, prove, establish, substantiate, validate

Antonyms: disprove, rebut, refute

Related Words: back (up), buttress, circumstantiate, corroborate; evidence, evince, record, support, uphold, witness; adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify; confirm, sustain, verify, vouch; clinch, nail, settle; confess, depose, testify

Near Antonyms: challenge, dispute, object; allege, assume, conjecture, guess, presume, surmise, suspect

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Rhymes with DOCUMENT

accident, aliment, Blaenau Gwent, circumvent, compartment, complement, compliment, confident, devilment, diffident, discontent, evident, heaven-sent, implement, incident, instrument, Jack-a-Lent, malcontent, nonevent, Occident, ornament, orient, provident, regiment, reinvent, represent, re-present, resident, Saint-Laurent, sediment, self-content, subsequent, supplement