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Filing

/faɪ.lɪŋ/

To commit (official papers) to some office.

📖 Definitions of "Filing"

verb
  1. 1

    To commit (official papers) to some office.

  2. 2

    To place in an archive in a logical place and order

  3. 3

    To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

  4. 4

    (with for) To submit a formal request to some office.

    "She filed for divorce the next day."

verb
  1. 1

    To move in a file.

    "The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full."

verb
  1. 1

    To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

    "I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring."

verb
  1. 1

    To defile

  2. 2

    To corrupt

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