Yahoo Malaysia Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   documentary

   /ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛnt(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. consisting of or based on official documents: "documentary evidence of regular payments from the company" Similar recordeddocumentedregisteredwrittenchronicledarchivedarchiveon recordin writingon papertabulatedcharted
   • 2. using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject: "a documentary programme about Manchester United" Similar factualnon-fictionalreal-lifetrue to lifefact-basedOpposite fictional

   noun

   • 1. a film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report on a particular subject.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from document + -ary1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. documentarily adverb

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points