documentation
nounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən//
- United States//ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən//
- United States//ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən//
- Canada//ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən//
- Australia//ˌdɔkjʊmenˈtæɪʃən//
A documentary.
noun
- 1
rareSomething transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
- 2
rareDocumentary evidence and sources.
- 3
rareDocuments that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
- 4
rareComments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
Etymology
From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.
noun
- 1
A documentary.
Yesterday I saw a documentation about Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nice documentation, they showed that the whole bolschevism was just an arranged idea of germans, using Lenin/Stalin for own ideas.
Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm.
Yesterday, I watched a documentation about the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit to them and leave a bunch of knobby tire marks on this sucker's lawn...
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dokumentation.
Forms
- plural
- documentations