Definitions for documentary
ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri; ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tldoc·u·men·tary

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment(adj)

   a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

2. documentary, documental(adj)

   relating to or consisting of or derived from documents

3. objective, documentary(adj)

   emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

   "objective art"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. documentary(Noun)

   A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

2. documentary(Adjective)

   of, related to, or based on documents.

3. documentary(Adjective)

   which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.

4. documentary(Adjective)

   presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

Origin: From adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from documentum.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Documentary(adj)

   pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing

Freebase(2.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Documentary

   Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. A 'documentary film' was originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made as a television program or released for screening in cinemas. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception" that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.

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1. countrymade

How to pronounce documentary?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of documentary in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of documentary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of documentary in a Sentence

1. Margaret Bodde:

   We are not calling it a documentary.

2. Aude Boissaye:

   It's documentary and personal and artistic, and that's what we like.

3. Morgan Freeman:

   I don't have a message for anybody. No, we're just here doing a documentary.

4. Hugh Jackman:

   We are a very connected world, this documentary had an ending I could never imagine.

5. Eliana Lopez:

   This is not a documentary, this is a fictionalization of six of the hardest months of my life.

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