Definitions for documentary

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documentary doc·u·men·ta·ry

Spelling: [dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]

IPA: /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri/

Documentary is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1409 anagrams from letters in documentary (acdemnortuy).

Definitions for documentary

adjective

1. Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents:
2. Movies, Television. based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements:

noun

1. Movies, Television. a documentary film, radio or television program, etc.

Origin of documentary

First recorded in 1795-1805; document + -ary

Examples for documentary

But America the Beautiful III: The Sexualization of Our Youth is by far the most personal of my documentary films.

On Kent's showing, he had no documentary proofs of his royal birth.

This excellent film is a 53-minute documentary on the Manhattan Project.

I was looking to make a documentary, I wanted to change my career, and I knew right away this was it.

The documentary also follows the fortunes of Consuelo Yznaga, later Duchess of Manchester.

I mean there would be no difficulty in getting legal and documentary proof.

This came across in the Showtime Omit the Logic documentary—in which you were a commentator—and it comes across here.

The documentary ends with a man speaking about his much-loved and missed dead wife.

I told you that my documentary evidence was of a peculiar kind.

documentary evidence cannot, of course, be required on such a point.