documentation
A documentaryA documentary.
» The documentation isn't up to date.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, in the plural, rare, uncountable)Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
документа́цияdokumentácija
(countable, in the plural, rare, uncountable)Documentary evidence and sources.
documentary validation
(countable, in the plural, rare, uncountable)Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
Dokumentation
документа́цияdokumentácija
документа́ціяdokumentácija
program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
(countable, in the plural, rare, uncountable)Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
A documentary.
Examples
13 sentencesThe documentation isn't up to date.
Tom didn't have time to read all the documentation.
Describing reality involves a large amount of documentation.
French, the official language, is used in administration and documentation.
Weren't you supposed to get to work on writing the software documentation?
Translations
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Origin
From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio. Borrowed from German DokumentationFrom document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.
Borrowed from German Dokumentation.
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Forms
plural: documentations| Singular | documentation |
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| Plural | documentations |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- documentary validation:support
- confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence:certificationcorroboration
- program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs:software documentation
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable