wildlife documentary
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- noun
- /ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf ˌdɒkjuˈmɛnˌtɛri/
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documental de vida salvaje
- The new wildlife documentary offers stunning visuals of polar bears hunting seals in their natural habitat.
- watch wildlife documentaries
From the time I was, you know, three years old, I'd say, you know, it was dinosaurs, wildlife documentaries, Steve Irwin, you name it.
- From the time I was, you know, three years old, I'd say, you know, it was dinosaurs, wildlife documentaries, Steve Irwin, you name it.
- It's a very powerful educational tool for science communication and the application wildlife documentaries.
- One of the most, you know, famous wildlife documentaries that has ever been known when they were making that documentary.
Examples
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This eagerness for information was also observed in patterns of television viewing; for example, at 1.6 years, Ryan "would sit and watch wildlife documentaries.
Academic text (2003) -
"It probably would be the first time that seismic testing had ever been implicated in this kind of mass mortality of dolphins," said Hardy Jones, a wildlife documentary maker for the last thirty years.
Blog text (22) -
One night, while she painted out in the kitchen, Dad and I sat in the TV room watching a wildlife documentary.
Fiction book (1998) -
I watched a wildlife documentary once and have just searched for an article on it.
Blog text (32) -
One of the most, you know, famous wildlife documentaries that has ever been known when they were making that documentary.
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He was watching a wildlife documentary on television and didn't hear a thing.
Fiction book (1990) -
From the time I was, you know, three years old, I'd say, you know, it was dinosaurs, wildlife documentaries, Steve Irwin, you name it.
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We spent the afternoon watching a fascinating wildlife documentary about the migration patterns of wildebeests.
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Last night, I learned a lot about tropical rainforests while watching a wildlife documentary on public television.
Synonyms
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A film that shows real events, people, or issues
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun composition: 'wildlife' (animals in nature) + 'documentary' (a nonfiction film), so its meaning 'a nonfiction film about animals/nature' is directly derivable from the parts. This follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Wildlife documentary comes from the picture of a camera following wildlife, meaning animals living in nature, to make a documentary, a film that shows real life. So, it means 'a film about animals in their natural homes'.