documentary
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2.7
- noun
- /ˌdɑːkjʊˈmɛnteri/
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documental
- The documentary highlights the struggles of refugees seeking safety.
- documentary film
- a television documentary
- TV documentaries
I finally watched the OJ Simpson documentary last week.
- I finally watched the OJ Simpson documentary last week.
- I was doing my first UFO documentary way, way, way back.
- And they even made a documentary that's never been seen.
- So hopefully a good sports documentary can be illuminating.
- So I watched this documentary about flat earthers.
- But more than that, I love true crime podcasts, documentaries, books, what have you.
- And I'm the therapist on the documentary series Couples Therapy.
- I thought it was a documentary when I first saw it.
- And Steve thinks your documentaries are a bit slow.
- They don't care if you've made the best documentary in the world.
- I've I've been watching a lot of true crime documentaries and podcasts.
Examples
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They are the people behind the documentary The Biggest Little Farm.
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I watched an interesting documentary about climate change yesterday.
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The name of this documentary is Internet.
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Uh, I saw this awesome documentary on TV the other night.
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I would like to see a documentary about Marshall Lucas.
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I saw a documentary on desert snakes... ...on the Discovery Channel.
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So I watched this documentary about flat earthers.
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We're making a documentary on the Shirishama Indians.
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I finally watched the OJ Simpson documentary last week.
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I watched the Navalny documentary on HBO this weekend.
Synonyms
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2.4
A film that shows real events, people, or issues
Compounds
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3.4
A film or television program that shows animals living in nature and explains the natural world
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Surface Forms
Morphology
documentary = documentary (semi-transparent) = document + ary
The noun is a conversion from the adjective 'documentary', but the film/program sense is a conventional specialized extension rather than a fully predictable composition.
Etymology
Documentary The word documentary comes from document (from Latin documentum and docere 'to teach'), so a documentary is literally a 'thing of documents' that aims to show or 'teach' about real people, events, or subjects using real records and interviews.