documentary

[US]/ˌdɒkjuˈmentri/
[UK]/ˌdɑːkjuˈmentri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. documentary
adj. pertaining to documents or written materials

Phrases & Collocations

documentary film

documentary credit

documentary evidence

documentary draft

documentary proof

documentary collection

Example Sentences

the documentary evidence is deficient.

a documentary about coal miners

a documentary programme about Manchester United.

a documentary with footage of real-life police chases.

This case lacked documentary proof.

his book is based on documentary sources.

This documentary brought home the tragedy of the poor to many people.

I watched a documentary on the Civil War.

A short documentary prefaced the feature movie.

she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s.

Documentary chronicling the development B29 Stratofortress bomber and the role it played in World War II.

fly-on-the-wall documentaries (= in which people are filmed going about their normal lives as if the camera were not there )

Yet, unlike documentaries that merely expose the problems, “Nobelity” is ultimately a film that inspires us to solve them.

Not quite documentary, not quite drama, this reenactment of a fictional conscript's life building the Great Pyramid of Giza is best described as docudrama.

Real-world Examples

There are also documentaries which includes national and international.

Source: VOA Standard English - Middle East

The director is collecting material for his new documentary.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

I've got a feeling there's a documentary about animals.

Source: Crazy English Situational Conversation Real Skills

Eat something spicy! Or watch a documentary.

Source: Simple Psychology

Okay. - Cutting my documentary in the city.

Source: S03

You can watch travel documentaries about them too.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

You can watch the entire documentary on FT.com.

Source: Financial Times

Navalny won the Oscar for best feature documentary.

Source: VOA Special March 2023 Collection

You just have to go, this isn't documentary.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

" Historically, particularly BBC documentaries have shied away from that."

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American July 2020 Collection

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