A dossier is a collection of papers containing information on a particular event, or on a personsuch as a criminal or a spy.
The company is compiling a dossier of evidence to back its allegations. [+ of/on]
The government kept dossiers on thousands of its citizens.
Synonyms: report, record, file, detail More Synonyms of dossier
dossier in British English
(ˈdɒsɪˌeɪ, -sɪə, French dosje)
noun
a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person
Word origin
C19: from French: a file with a label on the back, from dos back, from Latin dorsum
dossier in American English
(ˈdɑsiˌeɪ; ˈdɔsiˌeɪ; ˈdɑsˌjeɪ; dɔsˌjeɪ)
noun
a collection of documents concerning a particular person or matter
Word origin
Fr < dos, the back < L dorsum: so named because labeled on the back
Examples of 'dossier' in a sentence
dossier
We shall compile a dossier.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet it was on this feeble and dodgy dossier that an entire edifice of advice was built.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The dossier also has information on covert spying techniques.
The Sun (2015)
That it has built a detailed dossier of information can only be of great help to local detectives.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The committee published the dossier yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And yesterday we handed our dossier of evidence to detectives who used it to secure a warrant and raid the converted clinic.
The Sun (2015)
He commented approvingly on a British government dossier on the matter that is now widely discredited.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He wasn't taking lessons from the party of the dodgy dossier and cash for peerages.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We will be presenting our dossier of evidence to Ofgem.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The dossier of evidence passes to the client, who decides if their spouse has passed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But when their targets turned up they were met by the team of adults equipped with video cameras and a dossier of evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The inquiry was launched four months after Gotham published a scathing dossier.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The dossier contains three letters from Lawrence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Failing that, his wife will have a sizable dossier with evidence of infidelity to confront him with.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The PM has compiled a dossier on solicitors who put innocent soldiers through years of anguish.
The Sun (2015)
Urgent requests were sent to them to provide more information for the dossier, leading them to pass on informationbeyond their direct area of knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The dodgy dossier, need I say more?
The Sun (2007)
The company also suspended operations from its Bristol HQ after being handed our dossier of evidence.
The Sun (2016)
In other languages
dossier
British English: dossier NOUN
A dossier is a collection of papers containing information on a particular event, or on a person such as a criminal or a spy.
The company is compiling a dossier of evidence to back its allegations.
American English: dossier
Brazilian Portuguese: dossiê
Chinese: 卷宗
European Spanish: dosier
French: dossier
German: Dossier
Italian: dossier
Japanese: 調査書類
Korean: 서류 일체
European Portuguese: dossiê
Latin American Spanish: dosier
(noun)
Definition
a collection of papers about a subject or person
The government kept dossiers on its citizens.
Synonyms
report
a full report of what happened here tonight
record
Keep a record of all the payments.
file
We have files on people's tax details.
detail
note
In the eyes of the law, signing a delivery note is seen as `accepting' the goods.
data
The survey was based on data from 2,100 patients.
intelligence
a senior officer involved in gathering intelligence
facts
gen (British, informal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of data
Definition
a series of observations, measurements, or facts
The survey was based on data from 2,100 patients.
Synonyms
details,
facts,
figures,
materials,
documents,
intelligence,
statistics,
gen (British, informal),
dope (informal),
info (informal)
in the sense of file
Definition
documents or information about a specific subject or person
We have files on people's tax details.
Synonyms
dossier,
record,
information,
data,
documents,
case history,
report,
case
in the sense of intelligence
Definition
news or information
a senior officer involved in gathering intelligence