Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

documentation

/ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: doc-u-men-ta-tion
IPA: /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Documentary evidence and sources.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Example Sentences

"Yesterday I saw a documentation about Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nice documentation, they showed that the whole bolschevism was just an arranged idea of germans, using Lenin/Stalin for own ideas."
"Yesterday I watched a documentation about the Dresden fire storm."
"Yesterday, I watched a documentation about the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit to them and leave a bunch of knobby tire marks on this sucker's lawn..."

Etymology

From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

Word Breakdown

Root: documentātio
Suffix: document

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/
British English: /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

documentations (plural)

Derived Forms

doc documentational overdocumentation photodocumentation redocumentation teledocumentation

Phrases

e-documentation

Frequently Paired Words

document

Synonyms

support software documentation certification corroboration

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce documentation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/.
What does documentation mean?: Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
Where does documentation come from?: From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.

How to pronounce documentation

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