documentary1 noundocumentary2 adjective
documentarydoc‧u‧men‧ta‧ry1 /ˌdɒkjəˈmentəri◂ $ ˌdɑːk-/ ●●○ noun (plural documentaries) [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a fly-on-the-wall documentary about teenage pregnancy
- He made a TV documentary about the flower children of the sixties.
- The documentary explores the success of a Jewish sect intent on keeping ancient traditions alive.
- A documentary on the interviews will run on Monday on the Turner Broadcasting System.
- Filmmaker Mandy Jacobson was working on the documentary at the time and had run out of money.
- It was time, as a city documentary of the period declared, to root the cancer out.
- Since it opened, the Centre has received much positive publicity, including a recent documentary on Channel Four.
THESAURUS
especially British English, movie especially American English a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on television: · What’s your favourite movie?· It won the award for best foreign film.· a made-for-TV movie
formal (also picture) a film – used especially by people who make films or by critics: · a major Hollywood motion picture· Tell us about your latest picture.
informal a very successful film: · Steven Spielberg’s latest Hollywood blockbuster
informal a film – a very informal use: · an action flick
a film that gives detailed information and facts about a particular subject: · a documentary on the rain forest
a film made to be shown in cinemas: · The book was later made into a full-length feature film starring Sean Penn.
a film intended to make people laugh: · Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
(also romcom British English informal) a film about two people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel happy: · ‘Notting Hill’ is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
an exciting film, especially about murder or serious crimes: · ‘The Birds’ is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
a film that shows strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral, or these films in general: · ‘The Big Sleep’ is a classic Hollywood film noir.
a film that has lots of fighting, explosions etc: · Stallone’s latest action movie
a frightening film about ghosts, murders etc: · She loves watching old horror movies.
a film with cowboys in it: · John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
(also sci-fi film/movie informal) a film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space: · ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ is probably the most famous sci-fi movie ever made.
a film about violent criminals
an old film without any sound: · The 1920s were the golden age of silent movies.
a film made by a small film company
a film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer: · One of his first animated films was ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
a type of Japanese animated film, which often has a science fiction story: · Miyazaki’s anime film ‘Spirited Away’ became an international success.· an anime character
the use of computers to create characters and images in a film: · The film uses CGI.· Disney’s latest CGI movie
a short film, usually shown before a longer movie in the cinema: · an animated short
a series of short scenes from a film or programme, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on television etc: · We had to sit through all the trailers.
British English, program American English something that you watch on television, or listen to on the radio: · What’s your favourite television programme?· I watched an interesting programme about Egypt last night.
a programme on television or the radio, especially an informal one in which people talk together, take part in a game etc: · a late-night talk show· game shows· She hosts a weekly call-in radio show called ‘Got a question?’
a programme that gives you facts and information about a serious subject, such as history, science, or social problems: · a documentary about homeless people· a 50-minute television documentary
a television or radio programme that tells an imaginary story about a group of people and their lives, and is often broadcast regularly for many years: · the Australian soap opera ‘Neighbours’· the huge success of television soaps
an amusing programme in which there is a different story each week about the same group of people: · the American sitcom ‘Friends’
television programmes that show real people in funny situations or situations in which they must compete with each other. Often the people are filmed continuously for weeks or months: · the reality TV show ‘Big Brother’· The trouble with reality TV is that a lot of the time it’s really boring.
a programme, event etc that is broadcast on the Internet: · Universities may record and broadcast some lectures as webcasts.
a file of recorded sound and sometimes pictures that you can download from the Internet: · The interview is available as a podcast.
Longman Language Activatora television or radio programme British /program American a play, news report, performance etc that is broadcast on television or the radio at a particular time, often regularly: · It's one of my favourite programs.programme about: · Did you see that programme about cricket on TV last night?TV/television/radio programme: · When couples argue over which TV program to watch, the husband usually wins.news/comedy/documentary etc programme: · a daily news programme aimed at teenagers
a television or radio programme, especially one that is entertaining or funny rather than a news or discussion programme: · I try and tape the shows I don't want to miss.game/talk/quiz etc show: · "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?" is one of the most successful game shows ever.TV/television/radio show: · Spelling continues to produce hit television shows.
formal something that is broadcast on the radio or on television, especially a speech, discussion, or news programme: · The government has banned all broadcasts by opposition groups.TV/television/radio broadcast: · In a nationwide TV broadcast, the prime minister explained why he was resigning.live broadcast (=a programme being broadcast at the same time as it is happening): · The exciting thing about the show is that it's a live broadcast and anything can happen.
an amusing programme in which there is a different story each week about the same group of people: · Several family-oriented sitcoms are on in the early evening.· The popular British sitcom "One Foot in the Grave" will finish this year.
a television or radio story about a group of people and their lives, which is broadcast regularly for many years: · American evening soap operas tend to be about the rich, while British soaps follow the lives of ordinary people.
a programme that gives you facts and information about a serious subject, such as history, science, or social problems: · The documentary explores the success of a Jewish sect intent on keeping ancient traditions alive.a TV/television documentary: · He made a TV documentary about the flower children of the sixties.fly-on-the-wall documentary (=one that shows the daily lives of people in detail, and that is made in a way that makes them forget they are being filmed): · a fly-on-the-wall documentary about teenage pregnancy
WORD SETSagent, nounbill, nounblack comedy, nouncasting, nouncomedy, nouncommentator, nouncostume drama, noundialogue, noundirect, verbdirector, noundocudrama, noundocumentary, noundocumentary, adjectivedramatize, verbdub, verbedit, verbeditor, nounedutainment, nounfilm, verbFX, grip, nounlead, nounmegastar, nounmerchandising, nounmix, verbmixer, nounmultimedia, adjectivenarration, nounorgan, nounpan, verbpanel, nounpanellist, nounpap, nounpersonality, nounpublicity, nounraconteur, nounrecast, verbrehearsal, nounrehearse, verbreissue, verbreprise, nounrerun, verbscript, nounshow business, nounsketch, nounsound, nounsound effects, nounspecial effect, nounstar, verbstarlet, nounstory, nounsubplot, nounsuperstar, nounthriller, nounweepy, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
A local film crew is making a documentary about volcanoes.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a film or a television or radio programme that gives detailed information about a particular subjectdocumentary on/about A local film crew is making a documentary about volcanoes.· He has just completed a documentary film about Thomas Jefferson.
· a television documentary about an important public issue
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· In 1975 author Francis Hitching was commissioned to write a book and television documentary entitled Earth Magic.· The statement was aired for the first time in a recent television documentary on his life.· None the less, as a recent television documentary showed, women still rise to this challenge.· Its letters were like official communications combined with television documentaries and newspaper reports.· Three major national television documentaries, including one on the work of the local Drugs Squad, brought Wirral to national attention.· This could be for a television documentary about the town or for a town pageant.· Also television documentaries are making increasing use of archive film from the stores of national and regional film archives.
VERB· She made a documentary about having reconstructive surgery, to help other women understand what the process was like.· A veteran independent filmmaker for over 30 years, Young has made award-winning documentaries and well-reviewed feature films.· John Cleese once made a documentary about them.· What is the motive of the people making this documentary?· Very little material was ever screened, other than poorly made Soviet documentaries designed for propaganda.· Although Newsreel made some startlingly good documentaries, shortage of funds was a constant problem.
· He is also producing a documentary on the project.
· Against overwhelming odds, I surrendered myself and watched a glut of documentaries about the military hardware.· You could spend nearly the whole day watching nothing but nature documentaries, and if you did you would emerge exhausted.
A local film crew is making a documentary about volcanoes.► see thesaurus at movie, programmedocumentary1 noundocumentary2 adjective
documentarydocumentary2 adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Lehder provided no documentary evidence to support his claims.
- A documentary programme could form the basis for discussion in the weekly slot for communicative activities.
- I was examining teachers and teaching in one school using such methods as participant observation, unstructured interviews and documentary evidence.
- No one would trust a documentary series about labor unions paid for entirely by union funds.
- Repetitive slapstick, it has the charm of earliest documentary film.
- So this element in documentary programmes is a good source of examples of authentic, spontaneous speech.
- The memoirs and documentary editions published reflected a relatively wide range of Marxist approaches.
WORD SETS
agent, nounbill, nounblack comedy, nouncasting, nouncomedy, nouncommentator, nouncostume drama, noundialogue, noundirect, verbdirector, noundocudrama, noundocumentary, noundocumentary, adjectivedramatize, verbdub, verbedit, verbeditor, nounedutainment, nounfilm, verbFX, grip, nounlead, nounmegastar, nounmerchandising, nounmix, verbmixer, nounmultimedia, adjectivenarration, nounorgan, nounpan, verbpanel, nounpanellist, nounpap, nounpersonality, nounpublicity, nounraconteur, nounrecast, verbrehearsal, nounrehearse, verbreissue, verbreprise, nounrerun, verbscript, nounshow business, nounsketch, nounsound, nounsound effects, nounspecial effect, nounstar, verbstarlet, nounstory, nounsubplot, nounsuperstar, nounthriller, nounweepy, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY One of the most useful sources of documentary evidence is maps.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
One of the most useful sources of documentary evidence is maps.· He has just completed a documentary film about Thomas Jefferson.
· a television documentary about an important public issue
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· It is unusual to find documentary evidence earlier than the fifteenth century, and extremely fortunate to find actual details of buildings.· Only Hangleton, now buried beneath Hove, has been adequately excavated and the archaeological work related to documentary evidence.· The main input to the review process is documentary evidence.· The historian's problem is that there is insufficient archaeological or documentary evidence to establish the chronology of this process.· As it so happens, Columbus' personal reactions can be reconstructed in some detail from documentary evidence.· Moreover, there is documentary evidence that adolescents have always attended the game without the supervision of adults.· I was examining teachers and teaching in one school using such methods as participant observation, unstructured interviews and documentary evidence.· The idea of questioning is central to the chapters on reading, note making and documentary evidence.
· Repetitive slapstick, it has the charm of earliest documentary film.· She was born there, she lived there until age 21, and she has made nine documentary films about the country.· It's not a documentary film, is it?· That experience was committed to a documentary film of the same name.· Acquisition of both aircraft and the invaders participation in the race will be the subject of a documentary film.
· This is one example of a task related to an extract from off-air documentary material within a unit on drugs.· The visual element of documentary material is quite different - at least when location shots are used.
· Only later, years later, would we be told in documentary series what happened.· No one would trust a documentary series about labor unions paid for entirely by union funds.· The conference was to discuss the programmes currently under production as part of the documentary series.· Beforehand, the pretence that he was interested in putting together a documentary series on psychic phenomena had seemed a good one.
WORD FAMILYnoundocumentdocumentationadjectivedocumentaryverbdocument
1documentary films, programmes, photographs etc give or show information about a particular subject: documentary films2consisting of or written on documentsdocumentary evidence/proof One of the most useful sources of documentary evidence is maps.- compulsory
- compunction
- computation
- computational
- compute
- computer
- computer-aided design
- computer-aided manufacturing
- computerate
- computerization
- computerize
- computer literacy
- computer-literate
- computer modelling
- computer science
- computer virus
- computing
- comrade
- comrade in arms
- comradely
- comradeship
- Con
- con-
- con
- Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur