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documentary
noun
-
documentary
,
documentaries
a
film
,
television
or
radio
programme
that
tells
the
facts
about
real
people
,
places
,
or
events
•
The
class
watched
a
documentary
about
endangered
tigers
.
The
class
watched
a
documentary
about
endangered
tigers
.
•
My
sister
is
making
a
documentary
on
street
artists
in
Berlin
.
My
sister
is
making
a
documentary
on
street
artists
in
Berlin
.
From
document
+
-ary
;
first
used
in
the
film
sense
in
the
1930s
.
adjective
consisting
of
or
based
on
written
records
,
photographs
,
or
other
documents
;
strictly
factual
•
The
lawyer
presented
documentary
evidence
to
support
her
case
.
The
lawyer
presented
documentary
evidence
to
support
her
case
.
•
Historians
value
letters
as
important
documentary
sources
.
Historians
value
letters
as
important
documentary
sources
.
Derived
from
document
+
-ary
in
the
sense
‘
consisting
of
documents
’ (
mid-19th
century
).
