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plural documents
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. quotations examples
Saint Luke […] collected them from such documents and testimonies as he […] judged to be authentic.
1794, William Paley, View of the Evidences of Christianity
Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing. examples
(computing) A file that contains text. examples
(information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects. quotations examples
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.
2022 July 15, Alex Urban, “Mementos from digital worlds: Video game photography as documentation”, in Journal of Documentation, Abstract
(obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. quotations
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.
1741, Isaac Watts, The Improvement of the Mind
(obsolete) An example for instruction or warning. quotations
They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others.
1614, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Historie of the World
third-person singular simple present documents, present participle documenting, simple past and past participle documented
To record in documents. examples
To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information. examples