Document Structure Description

document Noun

— A document is a written record, often official. They stopped her at the airport and checked all her documents. A number of Chinese documents from 1000 span size="-2"BCE/span were recently discovered. On March 28, 1990, the government published a document listing the companies which it intended to privatize. — A document is a kind of computer text file. Can you send me that document by e-mail or fax? We should be able to edit your document using MS Word.

document Verb

— If you document something, you make a record of it, usually in writing. It's important for newspaper reporters to be there to document the war. We have documented number cases in which he has broken company policy.

structure Noun

— The structure of something is the way that it is put together. The structure of her writing makes it very easy to understand. The social structure of a class is often very complex. — A structure is something that has been built or put together, especially something big, such as a building. The CN tower is the tallest structure in Toronto.

structure Verb

— If you structure something in a particular way, you organise or build it that way. Prepare a list of questions to structure the interview.

description Noun

— A description is a phrase or sentence that tells you what something is, or what something is like. A dictionary has descriptions of words, and a biography has descriptions of events in a person's life. After coming back from Costa Rica, he gave me a long description of the swimming and sight-seeing he did there.