file
/faɪl/ verb B2- To commit (official papers) to some office. · She filed their accounts yesterday.
- To submit a formal request to some office. · She filed for divorce the next day.· The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.
- (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication. · I filed my copy soon after the interview.
- To place in an archive in a logical place and order. · Troves of documents filed away in the depository.
- To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
He/she/it files · Past filed · Past participle filed · -ing form filing
Verb forms
- Base form
- file
- He/she/it
- files
- Past
- filed
- Past participle
- filed
- -ing form
- filing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
de Villefort’s house, and a long file of mourning-coaches and private carriages extended along the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Rue de la Pépinière.
## The Viper and the File
He more particularly addressed himself to a File, and asked of him the favour of a meal.
The File replied, “You must indeed be a simple-minded fellow if you expect to get anything from me, who am accustomed to take from everyone, and never to give anything in return.”
Other matches
- file A collection of papers collated and archived to... A1
- file To move in a file. C2
- file To smooth, grind, or cut with a file. C2
- file To corrupt. C2
- file A column of people one behind another, whether ... C2
- file A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened... C2
- file away To store in a file
- file down To reduce the size of something by filing
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