noun · neutral

document

UK/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/US/ˈdɑːkjəmənt/DOC·u·ment

Band 6-7speakingtask1task2

a written or printed paper that gives information or proof

Examples

Please bring the original documents to the interview.

She kept every document related to the project in a folder.

The company requested additional documents for the visa application.

Band 8 sentence

Universities often ask applicants to submit certified documents to verify their previous qualifications.

Collocations

  • official document
  • submit a document
  • legal document

Word family

document noundocument (to) verbdocumented adjective / past participle

Common mistakes

make a documentprepare/produce a document

do the documentfill in/complete the document

many documentmany documents

Say it for a higher band

5paper6file7+document

Synonyms

file

paper

Easily confused

record

The company keeps records of all financial transactions.

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