Definitions for DOCUMENTARYˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri; ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
doc•u•men•ta•ryˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri; ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl(adj.; n.)(pl.)-ries.
depicting an actual event, era, life story, etc., accurately and without fictional elements.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Showbiz
(n.)a documentary film, television program, etc.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Showbiz
Origin of documentary:
1795–1805
doc`u•men•tar′i•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment(adj)
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary, documental(adj)
relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
objective, documentary(adj)
emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation
"objective art"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
documentary(noun)ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri
a factual movie or TV program
a documentary about child obesity
Wiktionary
documentary(Noun)
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
documentary(Adjective)
of, related to, or based on documents.
documentary(Adjective)
which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
documentary(Adjective)
presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
Origin: From adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from documentum.
Webster Dictionary
Documentary(adj)
pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing
Translations for DOCUMENTARY
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- dokumentêr, skriftelike bewyseAfrikaans
- وَثائِقيArabic
- доказателственBulgarian
- documentalPortuguese (BR)
- písemnýCzech
- urkundlichGerman
- dokumentariskDanish
- γραπτός, που βρίσκεται σε έγγραφαGreek
- documentalSpanish
- dokumentaalneEstonian
- مستند؛ موثقFarsi
- dokumentaarinenFinnish
- documentaireFrench
- תִיעוּדִיHebrew
- डॉक्यूमेन्टरीHindi
- dokumentira, zabilježenCroatian
- okmányszerű, hitelesHungarian
- tertulisIndonesian
- skjalfesturIcelandic
- documentarioItalian
- 文書のJapanese
- 문서의, 기록에 의한Korean
- dokumentinisLithuanian
- dokumentālsLatvian
- dokementariMalay
- documentairDutch
- dokumentariskNorwegian
- udokumentowanyPolish
- مستند؛ موثقPersian
- مستندPashto
- documentalPortuguese
- documentarRomanian
- документальныйRussian
- písomnýSlovak
- dokumentarenSlovenian
- dokumentaranSerbian
- stödd på (ingående i) dokumentSwedish
- ที่เกี่ยวกับเอกสารThai
- belgeselTurkish
- 文件的Chinese (Trad.)
- документальнийUkrainian
- دستاویزات یا محفوظ عینی شہادتوں پر مبنیUrdu
- thuộc tài liệuVietnamese
- 文件的Chinese (Simp.)
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