Kilo Lingo

/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/

Line drawing of document
Coloured illustration of document
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Translation

A paper or a computer file with important written information on it.

Word origin

From Latin documentum, meaning a lesson or a proof, from docere meaning to teach.

Origin
Latin
Root
documentum
English cognates
doctor

Grammar

Gender
Pluraldocuments

Examples

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A document is countable, so it takes a or this.

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A document can be a computer file as well as paper.

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The plural is regular: documents.

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This word is part of lesson 37.