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filing

The correct spelling is filing.

How to pronounce filing

verb

IPA: /faɪ.lɪŋ/

Say it like: Fil-ing

The correct spelling is filing. 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.

Meanings

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.

noun

  1. 1.Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
  2. 2.The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
  3. 3.Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

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