dossier

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌdɔˈsjeɪ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A collection of documents, records, or information about a particular person, subject, or event, typically compiled for a specific purpose such as investigation or reference.; A file or folder containing organized papers and materials related to a case or project.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: dossiers

Collocations

compile a dossieropen a dossierbuild a dossiersecret dossierthick dossier

Synonyms

filefolderportfoliorecordcollection

Commonly confused

file
EN: 'File' is a general term for organized documents; 'dossier' specifically implies a compiled collection of information about a particular person or subject, often with investigative or intelligence connotations.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'dossier' has double 's' and ends in '-ier' (French origin), not '-iere' or '-er'.

💬 Examples

  1. The intelligence agency had compiled a thick dossier on the suspected spy over several years.

  2. The lawyer presented a comprehensive dossier to the court as evidence in the trial.