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dos·si·er  (ds-, dôs-)
n.
A collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person or subject.

[French, from Old French, bundle of papers labeled on the back, from dos, back, from Latin dorsum.]

dossier [ˈdɒsɪˌeɪ -sɪə (French) dosje]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person
[from French: a file with a label on the back, from dos back, from Latin dorsum]

Dossier a bundle of papers in reference to some matter or relating to a person, 1880.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dossier - a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)dossier - a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events

dossier
noun report, record, file, detail, note, data, intelligence, facts, gen (Brit. informal) The government kept dossiers on its citizens.
Translations
dossier [ˈdɒsɪeɪ] N (gen) → informe m, dossier m (Admin) → expediente m (on sobre)

dossier [ˈdɒsieɪ] n (= file) → dossier m
a dossier of → un dossier constitué de
a dossier on → un dossier sur

dossier
nDossier m or nt; they are keeping a dossier on himsie haben ein Dossier über ihn angelegt

dossier [ˈdɒsɪeɪ] n dossier (on)dossier m inv (su)

dossier
n dossier [ˈdosiei]
a set of papers containing information etc about a person or a particular matter. dossier مِلَف، إضْبارَه досие fascikl dossier; sagsakter Akten (pl.) φάκελος (με πληροφορίες) expediente, dossier toimik پرونده؛ دوسیه muistio dossier תִּיק फाइल svežanj spisa, skup dokumenata aktacsomó arsip, dokumen (máls)skjöl dossier 一件書類 어떤 문제에 관한 서류 일습 dosjė, byla dosjē set dokumen dossier saksdokumenter, dossier, rulleblad akta dossier dosar досье fascikel, zbierka dokumentov spisi dosije dossier เอกสารเรื่องราวเดียวกันที่เก็บรวมกัน dosya (法)檔案,材料 справа; досьє کسی شخص سے متعلق دستاویز کا پلندہ hồ sơ)档


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The Foreign Affairs Select Committee published a stinging analysis of two crucial Government dossiers about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
The Conservative leader also called for Prime Minister Tony Blair to apologise to MPs for ``inadvertently'' misleading the Commons over the second of the dossiers,in line with the Ministerial Code.
The AMCP eDossier System combines the familiar structure of paper-based dossiers with technologies that are flexible and interactive.
 
 
 
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