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PAPERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Synonyms:
document; papers; written document
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("papers" is a kind of...):
piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))
Meronyms (parts of "papers"):
preamble (a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose))
article; clause (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "papers"):
report; study; written report (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group)
voucher (a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure)
specification ((patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention)
source (a document (or organization) from which information is obtained)
declaration; resolution; resolve (a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote)
resignation (a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign)
platform; political platform; political program; program (a document stating the aims and principles of a political party)
patent; patent of invention (a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention)
papyrus (a document written on papyrus)
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
form (a printed document with spaces in which to write)
enclosure; inclosure (something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter)
copyright; right of first publication (a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work)
confession (a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party)
commercial document; commercial instrument (a document of or relating to commerce)
charter (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)
certificate; certification; credential; credentials (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)
capitulation (a document containing the terms of surrender)
brevet (a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay))
ballot (a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb paper
Context examples:
“Come, Watson,” said he, “our ways lie elsewhere. Our next station must be the office from which the papers were taken.”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sensible girls for whom I do care whole papers of pins won't let me send them 'flowers and things', so what can I do?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He was scratching about among the litter of papers upon his desk.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So saying, he returned to his papers and his silence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He went to town on business three days ago, and I got him to take charge of some papers which I was wanting to send to John.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The French Ambassador has received his papers to-night.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Beside him on a green bank there sat a small man with a solemn face, and a great bundle of papers of all colors thrusting forth from the scrip which lay beside him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Assembling tax records, business affairs, or papers.
(FAQ - Assemble, NCI Thesaurus)
One of the papers studied ten individuals in the cities of Manaus and Labrea, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, who had symptoms of fever, headaches and general weakness.
(Açaí fruit can transmit Chagas disease, SciDev.Net)
Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version (FAQ-NACC Version) Assembling tax records, business affairs, or papers.
(FAQ-NACC Version - Assemble, NCI Thesaurus)
