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In some senses, document is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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electronic, paper, printed, written | published, unpublished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
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.