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filed

The correct spelling is filed.

How to pronounce filed

/faɪld/
verb

IPA: /faɪld/

Say it like: Fil-ed

The correct spelling is filed. To commit (official papers) to some office. For example: "She filed for divorce the next day."

Usage Examples

She filed for divorce the next day.

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

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

Definition

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.
  5. 5.To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.

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