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documentation

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/ of Canada
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/ of Canada
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌdɔkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌdɒkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən/
  • New-Zealand: [ˌdɔ̟kjʊmenˈtæɪʃən]
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D AA2 K Y AH0 M EH0 N T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D AA2 K Y UW0 M EH0 N T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Documentary evidence and sources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, rare, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A documentary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: non-native speakers' English

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

documentary validation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his documentation of the results was excellent
  • the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: support

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: validation, proof, substantiation

7

noun

Meaning 7

program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: software documentation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package

8

noun

Meaning 8

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: certification, corroboration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confirmation

History

Etymology

From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

Borrowed from German Dokumentation.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kirjaaminen — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Finnish: dokumentointi — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Georgian: დოკუმენტაცია (doḳumenṭacia) — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Gujarati: દસ્તાવેજીકરણ (dastāvejīkraṇ) — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Hebrew: תיעוד (tiʿúd) — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Hindi: प्रलेखन (pralekhan) — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Indonesian: dokumentasi — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Indonesian: pendokumentasian — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Khmer: ឯកសារកម្ម (ʼékâsarkmâm) — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Māori: mauhanga — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Norman: dotchûmentâtion — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dokumentasjon — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dokumentasjon — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Russian: документа́ция (dokumentácija) — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Spanish: documentación — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Tagalog: dokumentasyon — something transposed from a thought to a document
  • Albanian: dokumentimi — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Arabic: وَثَائِق (waṯāʔiq) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Assamese: আলেখ্যন (alekhyon) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Asturian: documentación — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Baluchi: نوشتانک — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Belarusian: дакумента́цыя (dakumjentácyja) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Bengali: নথিপত্র (nothipotro) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Bulgarian: документа́ция (dokumentácija) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Catalan: documentació — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文檔 /文档 (wéndàng) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文件 (wénjiàn) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Czech: dokumentace — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Danish: dokumentation — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Dutch: documentatie — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Esperanto: dokumentaro — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Finnish: ohjekirja — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Finnish: opas — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Finnish: dokumentaatio — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • French: documentation — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Galician: documentación — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Georgian: დოკუმენტაცია (doḳumenṭacia) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • German: Dokumentation — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Greek: τεκμηρίωση (tekmiríosi) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Gujarati: દસ્તાવેજ (dastāvej) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Gujarati: દસ્તાવેજીકરણ (dastāvejīkraṇ) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Hebrew: תיעוד — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Hindi: प्रलेखन (pralekhan) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Hungarian: dokumentáció — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Icelandic: hjálparskjöl — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Ido: dokumentigo — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Indonesian: dokumentasi — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Irish: cáipéisí — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Irish: cáipéisíocht — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Italian: documentazione — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Japanese: 文書 (bunsho) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Japanese: ドキュメンテーション (dokyumentēshon) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Kannada: ದಸ್ತಾವೇಜು (dastāvēju) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Khmer: ឯកសារកម្ម (ʼékâsarkmâm) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Korean: 문서 (munseo) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Latvian: dokumentācija — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Lithuanian: dokumentacija — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Macedonian: документација (dokumentacija) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Malay: dokumentasi — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Malayalam: വിവരണക്കുറിപ്പുകള് (vivaraṇakkuṟippukaḷ) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Māori: mauhanga — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Marathi: दस्तऐवजीकरण (dastaivjīkraṇ) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Norman: dotchûmentâtion — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dokumentasjon — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Occitan: documentacion — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Odia: ଦଲିଲଗୁଡ଼ିକ (dalilaguṛika) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Persian: مستندات (mostanadât) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Polish: dokumentacja — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Portuguese: documentação — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Punjabi: ਡੌਕੂਮੈਂਟ (ḍaukūmaiṇṭ) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Romanian: documentație — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Russian: документа́ция (dokumentácija) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Serbo-Croatian: документација — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Serbo-Croatian: dokumentacija — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Slovak: dokumentácia — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Slovene: dokumentacija — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Spanish: documentación — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Swedish: dokumentation — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Tajik: санадҳо (sanadho) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Tamil: ஆவணமாக்கம் (āvaṇamākkam) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Telugu: పత్రికీకరణ (patrikīkaraṇa) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Thai: เอกสารการใช้งาน (àyk săan gaan chái ngaan) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Turkish: belgebilim — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Ukrainian: документа́ція (dokumentácija) — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
  • Welsh: dogfennaeth — documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program
Real reading context

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