primary document

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryanddocument

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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document
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/us
/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/
a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an ...
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(Definition ofprimaryanddocumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary document

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The field notebook is aprimarydocumentthat narrates the sequence of survey events through day-by-day entries recording the activities of the survey crews.
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Stand-off annotation: annotations layered over a givenprimarydocumentand instantiated in a document separate from that containing the primary data.
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If so, are not the rules theprimarydocumentand the specification merely giving effect to them?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I believe that it is aprimarydocument.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This will be theprimarydocumentgiving planning guidance on flood risk.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Certified copies have long been used to give a veneer of authenticity to a photocopy of aprimarydocument.
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Her patronymic is not recorded inprimarydocumentand her parentage has been much discussed.
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If theprimarydocumenthas to be translated, an additional certificate is usually required.
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It does not certify that theprimarydocumentis genuine, only that it is a true copy of theprimarydocument.
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In many countries, only theprimarydocumentis filed, and the secondary document remains private.
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This system protects the monument while still allowing a detailed inspection of theprimarydocumentas originally unearthed.
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Indeed, scholarly articles written about the antelope are secondary documents, since the antelope itself is theprimarydocument.
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Then, theprimarydocument, the translation, and the certificate of accuracy are photocopied in the form of a certified copy.
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A copy of aprimarydocumentthat is to be used internationally may have to be in the form of a notarized copy rather than a certified copy.
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For this reason, the primary documents presented in the book will be of interest to a much wider audience.
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Again, this may reflect a lack of access to sources, both primary documents and oral sources.
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This account by contrast, makes use of both primary documents and oral histories.
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It should, for instance, re-ect close familiarity not just with the secondary literature, but more importantly with the primary documents in the deliberative record.
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Denny kept a journal, which is considered an importantprimarydocumentof the two campaigns.
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The book is filled with references, informative footnotes, hard-to-find data, citations from primary documents, and personal communications.
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