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Meaning of DOCUMENTARY

Pronunciation:  `dâkyu'menturee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
  2. [adj]  relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
 
 Synonyms: docudrama, documental, documentary film, infotainment
 
 See Also: film, flick, motion picture, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Doc`u*men"ta*ry\, a.
Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in
writing. ``Documentary evidence.'' --Macaulay.

 
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