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doc

75 4.1
A computer file that has written information people share
  • noun
  • /dɑk/
  • Informal
translation icon : doc (informal)
  • I saved the important doc on my computer for easy access.
  • a shared doc
  • Google Doc
  • a UN doc

I mean, we're starting the new docs process now.

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Examples

  • It's just one Google doc for the entire company and basically it's open format.

  • We created a Google Doc (see figure 4) and shared it with the class.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You want to send the doc anyway?

  • Look, I just need your doc for a minute.

  • Do you put the Google Doc link in the alarm?

  • So in here we can edit our doc settings.

  • Things like Google Docs actually works, so does Gmail.

  • You also get mail, drive, docs, VPN, and even a password manager.

  • Google Maps, Google Docs, Audible again, and that's about it.

  • OK, maybe we can note that in the Google Docs, whoever is commenting on Nathan's.

Synonyms

file
vsdoc
1.0

A container for keeping papers and records

is an informal term mainly for a single digital item rather than a container
document
vsdoc
2.0

A paper or electronic file that gives official information

is the informal digital name rather than the neutral or formal record
13 2.2

A collection of information saved on a computer under a name

is a casual informal name used for those digital stored items
written document
vsdoc
  • Formal
3 2.5

A formal paper that gives information or records facts

is informal and broader used casually for digital items not official

Idioms

what's up Doc
  • Informal
9.6

A friendly joking greeting that asks how someone is, copying Bugs Bunny

Compounds

post doc
  • Specialized
2 5.6

A research grant that helps a researcher work after finishing a PhD

Surface Forms

doc singular
docs plural

Etymology

Doc is also a short form of document, which comes from an old Latin word documentum from docere, meaning 'something that shows' or 'teaches'. So a doc today is any paper or digital file that 'shows' information, which is why people call files 'docs'.