written document
5
2.5
- noun
- /ˈrɪtən ˈdɑkjʊmənt/
- Formal
- The lawyer presented a written document that outlined the terms of the agreement.
- provide all written documents
- written document stating
Examples
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Resumes are another common written document encountered in a work context.
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School psychologists review all of their written documents for accuracy, signing them only when correct.
Academic text (2010) -
Also, provide all written documents before the meeting in the primary language of the participants.
Academic text (2012) -
Medieval books and written documents were not the same as books today, of course.
Academic text (2007) -
Something like 80% of written documents have been produced in the last half century.
Academic text (1996) -
Historians have questioned the absolute authority of written documents.
Academic text (2009) -
In order to protect the privacy of each of the participants, the researcher used pseudonyms in any written documents.
Academic text (2006) -
You must study very carefully every jot and every tittle of every written document that they give you.
Academic text (2000) -
Marshall's involvement in a line of cases regarding corporations' official written documents reflects his respect for corporations' internal rules.
Academic text (2016) -
Tom and Felice offered a key suggestion that all 38 participants prepare a brief written document prior to coming to the conference.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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2.5
A paper or file that gives information about past events
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2.0
A paper or electronic file that gives official information
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1.0
The main words written in a book or document without notes and pictures
30
4.1
A computer file that has written information people share
10
3.3
A record issued by an authority that shows a legal agreement or gives a right
8
3.2
A paper that describes events so people can read about them later
8
3.4
A document that keeps proof of facts or events
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2.3
Text created by a person, like a book or letter
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2.0
Words put on paper or saved in a file, not spoken
1
3.6
Text to be printed or published without pictures
How Official
- Formal
21
3.1
- Formal
10
3.3
- Formal
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2.5
∞
2.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'written' (recorded in writing) with 'document' (an official or recorded item); the adjective–noun composition yields the expected interpretation without idiomatic shift. This straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern makes the phrase immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase written document comes from the simple picture of words written on paper to make a document. Because the words stay on the page, the paper can be kept or shown as 'proof' or 'official' information, so the phrase means an official or formal piece of writing.