papers
Border checkpoint demand
Papers are documents, especially official ones establishing identity, status, or authorization: The officer asked for my papers.
Immigration papers confirm legal residency.
Walking papers means dismissal from a job.
Divorce papers formalize the end of a marriage.
Academic papers are scholarly essays.
To paper something is to cover it with wallpaper, or to fill a venue with free tickets: They papered the house to make the show look popular.
Systematic fact-finding effort
- journalRecord of daily events
- publicationIssued written material
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
scholarly · peer-reviewed · citation · abstract · methodology · findings · study · analysis
Maintaining something's condition
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- historicalOf documented times
- recordsStored data or albums
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
parchment · vellum · codices · cataloging · repositories · antiquarian · ephemera · archivist
Government-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- permitOfficial written authorization
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- licenseFormal grant of permission
ID · credentials · residency · citizenship · entry · border · customs · clearance
Stored data collections
- recordsStored data or albums
- formsVarieties or documents
- applicationsPractical uses or requests
- reportsFormal written findings
letters · memos · notes · invoices · receipts · certificates · manuals · brochures
News gathering and dissemination
- headlineNews article title
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- reporterOne who gathers news
article · columnist · press · media · correspondent · byline · scoop · newsprint
Enforceable written agreement
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- deedWritten property conveyance
- filingStoring documents systematically
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
brief · deposition · injunction · notary · summons · writ · affidavit · pleading
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- journalRecord of daily events
- publicationIssued written material
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · scholarly · peer-reviewed · citation · abstract · methodology · findings · study · analysis · literature
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- historicalOf documented times
- recordsStored data or albums
conservation · parchment · vellum · codices · cataloging · repositories · antiquarian · ephemera · archivist · provenance
passport
Government-issued travel credential
license · ID · credentials · residency · citizenship · entry · border · customs · clearance · registration
files
Stored data collections
- recordsStored data or albums
- formsVarieties or documents
- applicationsPractical uses or requests
reports · letters · memos · notes · invoices · receipts · certificates · manuals · brochures · leaflets
journalism
News gathering and dissemination
- headlineNews article title
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
reporter · article · columnist · press · media · correspondent · byline · scoop · newsprint · gazette
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- deedWritten property conveyance
- filingStoring documents systematically
testimony · brief · deposition · injunction · notary · summons · writ · affidavit · pleading · motion
ink
Writing fluid
- pressApply force downward
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
typeset · font · layout · graphics · printing · pulp · mill · ream · stock · weight
folding
Bending something over itself
creases · patterns · paperfolding · tessellation · modular · geometry · diagrams · craft · swan · lotus
- officedesk, desk job, desks, desk lamp, desk lamps
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- clutterclutter, junk, mess, stuff, debris
- filingfile, filing cabinets, filing cabinet, files, filing systems
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- professor lifeoffice, desk, lectures, grades, syllabus
paperselectronic documents
Computer-stored written files
e-documents · digital records · cloud storage · databases · hard drives
papersundocumented status
Lacking official authorization to reside
unregistered · off the books · statelessness · unofficial · unrecorded
papersoral exams
Spoken academic evaluations
orals · vivas · presentations · oral presentations · practicals
- paper bagDisposable carrying pouch
- paper towelDisposable absorbent cleaning sheet
- paper clipWire loop for binding sheets
- paper airplaneFolded sheet for throwing
- paper cutWound from thin edge
- piece of paperOne flat sheet
paper, papered, paperwork, papering, papery, papercraft, paper mill, paper over