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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1754|origins=la documentum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌdɒk.jə.menˈteɪ.ʃən/, US /ˌdɑː.kjə.menˈteɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the verb document and [[-ation]], or else from a Medieval Latin noun meaning “a reminding”,^(Etymonline) ultimately from [[la|documentum|t=example, proof, lesson]], in Medieval Latin an official written paper (see [[document]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Admonition, instruction, teaching, a sense now obsolete: 1754.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The furnishing of a ship with the papers it needs is from 1884,^(OED 1989) and the preparation or use of documentary evidence by 1888.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The collecting, classifying and spreading of information is from 1905 in the OED, 1927 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In computing it is the written material supplied with a program.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1754 – instruction (obsolete).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1884 – a ship's papers.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1888 – documentary evidence.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1905 – organizing information.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of supplying documents or supporting references.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The documents or references supplied.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The furnishing and use of documentary [[evidence]], as in a court of law.^(Collins 2023)

+ # The organized collection and coding of printed material for reference.^(AHD)

+ # ''(computing)'' The written comments, [[manual|alt=manuals]] and diagrams supplied with a program or system.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[documentational]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[document]]

+ * [[documentary]]

+ * [[doctor]]

+ * [[doctrine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}