document

/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/
noun 5verb 2

Collocations

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1

(noun.) official paper/book

ADJ

important, key, seminal

The lawyer submitted several important documents to the court before the trial began.

weighty | brief, short

whole

The whole document was written in French, so I needed help translating it.

summary | detailed | draft | revised | final

original

The museum carefully preserved the original document from the 18th century.

electronic, paper, printed, written | published, unpublished

enclosed

The enclosed documents contain all the information you need to complete your application.

single

The contract was written across three pages rather than as a single document.

classified, confidential, privileged

The lawyer kept all confidential documents locked in a safe at her office.

(top) secret | private | public

available

The teacher made all course documents available online for students to download.

internal

The company discovered sensitive information in an internal document left on the printer.

approved, signed | unsigned | authentic, genuine | forged | disclosed, leaked | government, legal, official | policy, strategy

travel

You'll need to show your travel documents when you arrive at the airport.

registration

She needed to find her passport registration document before traveling abroad next week.

contract, offer, tender

The company sent a contract document to all employees outlining the new salary changes.

QUANT

copy

VERB + DOCUMENT

draft, draw up, prepare, produce, publish, type, write

She typed up the contract document before sending it to her lawyer for review.

revise

disclose

The company was forced to disclose internal documents that revealed years of safety violations.

issue

The government issued a document outlining the new safety regulations for all workplaces.

receive | obtain

file

You need to file all your tax documents before the deadline next month.

hand over/sb, present, submit

She handed over all the necessary documents to complete her job application.

produce

She couldn't produce the necessary documents to apply for the visa.

keep | circulate, send (out)

leak

Several confidential emails leaked from the company last week, causing serious problems for the executives.

read

go through, read through

She read through the document carefully before signing her name at the bottom.

search through, sort through

She sorted through old documents in the filing cabinet looking for her birth certificate.

consider, examine, study

accept, adopt, approve, endorse, execute

The company decided to approve the safety document before starting the new construction project.

authenticate | forge | refer to | address

attach, enclose

I've attached the required files to your email so you can review them.

scan

The teacher asked us to scan all our old school reports and save them digitally.

DOCUMENT + VERB

be concerned with sth, concern sth, deal with sth, focus on sth, relate to sth

contain sth, cover sth, include sth

The contract included all the terms and conditions we had discussed during the meeting.

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 contract outlined the responsibilities of both parties in the agreement.

call for sth, propose sth, suggest sth

The government released a document proposing new rules for online privacy protection.

aim at sth, envisage sth, seek sth

The report seeks to provide clear evidence of the company's financial progress over the past year.

reveal sth, show sth

purport sth

Several old letters purport to show that the house was built in 1850.

summarize sth | confirm sth

be agreed (on/upon)

The contract was agreed upon by both companies last week.

be called sth, be entitled sth, be headed sth, be known as sth

The official report was headed "Annual Safety Review" and contained important workplace regulations.

be written

The contract was written by our legal team last month.

exist

A copy of the original contract exists, but the signed document has been lost.

date back from/to, be dated

The oldest letter in the archive dates back to 1850.

PREP

according to a/the ~

According to the company document, employees must complete their training by the end of the month.

in a/the ~

The lawyer found several important dates in the contract document.

throughout a/the ~

The same error appears throughout the document, so we need to fix it carefully.

~ about/concerning

The company received an important document about employee health insurance changes.

~ of

The old photograph is an important document of the city's industrial past.

~ on

The teacher asked us to find a document on climate change for our science project.

PHRASES

a draft/version of a document

2

(noun.) computer file

ADJ

active, current

I need to check the current document before sending it to the client.

printed

VERB + DOCUMENT

open | close

display

The museum decided to display historical documents from the 18th century in a special exhibition.

retrieve

scroll through

I scrolled through the document quickly to find the information I needed.

search

The police had to search thousands of documents to find evidence of the crime.

create

The company had to create detailed documents to prove their environmental safety standards.

edit

save

You should save the document before closing the application so you don't lose your work.

format | spell check

send

I need to send the contract document to my lawyer before Friday.

receive | print (out)

PREP

in a/the ~

I found the phone number written in a document on my desk.

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