documentation

UK /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/ US /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/

noun 5

Definitions

noun

Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

Documentary evidence and sources.

Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

noun

A documentary.

Yesterday I saw a documentation about Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nice documentation, they showed that the whole bolschevism was just an arranged idea of germans, using Lenin/Stalin for own ideas.

Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, detailed, fine, full, good, good, important, large

The project failed because we didn't have detailed documentation of the original design decisions.

VERB + DOCUMENTATION

lack, learn, read, saw, submits, writing

She had to read all the documentation before she could start using the new software.

DOCUMENTATION + NOUN

api, boss, dresden, hitler, python

The developer complained that the API documentation was incomplete and outdated.

PREP.

about, about, in, up

We need to complete the paperwork and get all the documentation in order before the deadline.

ADV.

quite

The project was quite documentation-heavy, requiring extensive records at every stage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — documentary validation

support

noun — confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Yesterday I saw a documentation about Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nice documentation, they showed

Wiktionary

Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.

Wiktionary

Yesterday, I watched a documentation about the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit t

Wiktionary

Some programmers seem to forget that writing good documentation is as important, if not more important, as writing a good program.

Tatoeba · #554041

See "/docs" for the full documentation for this API.

Tatoeba · #2445091

The documentation is fine.

Tatoeba · #5739577

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