filing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the entering of a legal document into the public record
   
   • he filed a complaint
   • he filed his tax return
2. noun a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
   
3. noun the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
   
4. noun preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
   
   • I have some filing to do
5. verb record in a public office or in a court of law
   register; file.
   
   • file for divorce
   • file a complaint
6. verb smooth with a file
   file.
   
   • file one's fingernails
7. verb proceed in line
   file.
   
   • The students filed into the classroom
8. verb file a formal charge against
   lodge; charge; file.
   
   • The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
9. verb place in a container for keeping records
   file away; file.
   
   • File these bills, please

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