documentary (redirected from documentaries)

doc·u·men·ta·ry  (dky-mnt-r)

adj.

1. Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents.

2. Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.

n. pl. doc·u·men·ta·ries

A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration.

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documentary

Noun

pl -ries

a film or television programme presenting the facts about a particular subject

Adjective

of or based on documents: vital documentary evidence has been found

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	documentary - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event docudrama, documentary film, infotainment motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
Adj.	1.	documentary - relating to or consisting of or derived from documents documental
	2.	documentary - emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art" objective real, existent - being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

Translations

documentary [dɔkjuˈmɛntərɪ] adj → documental

n → documental m

documentary [dɔkjuˈmɛntərɪ] document adj, n → documentaire (m)

documentary [dɔkjuˈmɛntərɪ] document adj → dokumentarisch

n → Dokumentarfilm m

documentary [dɔkjuˈmɛntərɪ] adj → documentario/a; [evidence] → documentato/a

n → documentario