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[ dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; French daw-syey ] / ˈdɒs iˌeɪ, -i ər, ˈdɔ siˌeɪ, -si ər; French dɔˈsyeɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dossier ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural dos·si·ers [dos-ee-eyz, -ee-erz, daw-see-eyz, -see-ers; French daw-syey]. /ˈdɒs iˌeɪz, -i ərz, ˈdɔ siˌeɪz, -si ərs; French dɔˈsyeɪ/. a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic. VIDEO FOR DOSSIERWATCH NOW: How Do You Pronounce "Dossier"?What do you call a bundle of papers? A stack? Pile? Trash? All that work you’ve been putting off? What about "dossier"? MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Origin of dossier1875–80; <French: bundle of documents with a label attached to the back or spine, equivalent to dos (<Latin dorsum) back + -ier-ier2 SYNONYMS FOR dossierrecord, report, folder. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dossier ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby dossierdoss, dossal, dosser, dosseret, doss house, dossier, dossil, dost, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor, dot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dossierThe Clinton campaign’s funding of Steele’s research only emerged months later, long after the dossier was published. Pence’s allegations about Hillary Clinton: A guide for the perplexed|Glenn Kessler|October 9, 2020|Washington Post Moreover, the existence of the dossier was disclosed by Comey in his first meeting with the president-elect. Pence’s allegations about Hillary Clinton: A guide for the perplexed|Glenn Kessler|October 9, 2020|Washington Post And yet, a dossier of allegations involving human rights could not help any cardinal at a moment like that. How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Last year, the Home Office said the dossier had mysteriously disappeared from the archives. Victim: I Watched British MPs Rape and Murder Young Boys|Nico Hines|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Recently, when whistleblowers finally surfaced, the Home Office officials could find no trace of the dossier. The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero|Clive Irving|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST “What the dossier claims is staggering,” Michele De Luca, director of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, told Science Insider. ‘Hero’ Doc Accused of Harvesting Stem Cells in Dirty Basements|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Benedict reportedly locked up the dossier in the papal apartments for the next pope to deal with. Is Pope Francis Going After the Vatican’s ‘Gay Lobby’?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST They number ninety volumes; the dossier alone of Germinal forms four volumes of five hundred pages. Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker What was obviously the dossier slid from the desk chute and Holland leafed through it, as though disinterested. Frigid Fracas|Dallas McCord Reynolds You will have to ask for that dossier, and study it most carefully for your own defence. My Memoirs|Marguerite Steinheil They won't have your dossier, so you can tell any lie you like. He had their dossier, as the French say, and as the police has of that of every conspicuous criminal. Materials and Methods of Fiction|Clayton Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for dossier/ (ˈdɒsɪˌeɪ, -sɪə, French dosje) /
nouna collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person Word Origin for dossierC19: from French: a file with a label on the back, from dos back, from Latin dorsum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dossiersummary, profile, information, record, archives, report, portfolio |