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confidential
Adjective
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If something is confidential, then it is private or meant to be kept a secret.
The doctor told the teenager: "The law says we have to keep your medical information confidential. Whatever you tell me, I can't tell your parents.
Pang's boss told her: "These documents are very confidential. Please lock them in your desk when you are not in your office."
document
Noun
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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.
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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
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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.