WRITTEN DOCUMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does written document mean? 

• WRITTEN DOCUMENT (noun)
  The noun WRITTEN DOCUMENT has 1 sense:

1. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

  Familiarity information: WRITTEN DOCUMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITTEN DOCUMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

document; papers; written document

Hypernyms ("written document" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Meronyms (parts of "written document"):

preamble (a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose))

article; clause (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "written document"):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

report; study; written report (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group)

voucher (a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure)

specification ((patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention)

source (a document (or organization) from which information is obtained)

declaration; resolution; resolve (a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote)

resignation (a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign)

platform; political platform; political program; program (a document stating the aims and principles of a political party)

patent; patent of invention (a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention)

papyrus (a document written on papyrus)

ballot (a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting)

form (a printed document with spaces in which to write)

enclosure; inclosure (something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter)

copyright; right of first publication (a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work)

confession (a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party)

commercial document; commercial instrument (a document of or relating to commerce)

charter (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)

certificate; certification; credential; credentials (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)

capitulation (a document containing the terms of surrender)

brevet (a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay))

 Context examples 

If you currently are a student, you may be preparing your thesis, another important written document, or an oral defense.

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