Meaning

3 senses
  1. An original document that is subsequently copied, translated, or transcribed.

  2. An original document or record that provides proof of activity that is summarized elsewhere (e.g. case notes, medical chart, diary entry, minutes of a meeting, etc.).

  3. An original document or record that provides proof of activity that is summarized elsewhere (e.g. case notes, medical chart, diary entry, minutes of a meeting, etc.).

    A document that provides official notification of a credit or debit to an account, such as a bank statement, bill of sale, invoice, receipt, etc.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. One problem translators face is that sometimes the source document is poorly written.

  2. How exactly should sources be documented?

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: source documents
Singularsource document
Pluralsource documents

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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