to file
58
1.8
- verb
- /faɪl/
- Please file this report in the project section of the office files once you've finished reviewing it.
- file away
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Watch on YouTubeSo let's just file this under wrong, wrong, wrong.
- So let's just file this under wrong, wrong, wrong.
- But when I've been gaslighted by narcissistic people, I'll just disengage and I file it away and say this person is capable of this, this, this.
- Now it's something you know about that person, something you know that that person is capable of, and you file that away.
- So was it also helpful with the rental house that if something went wrong with the equipment, you could kind of file that away and say, OK, next time I need to.
- So we so I file it and then Talia doesn't edit.
Examples
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Okay, what did you file it under?
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Main ideas should be summarized, recorded, and filed for review at a later time.
Academic text (2008) -
Or do you just kind of watch and file away some ideas and then do your look later?
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This is what you want to file?
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I just wanna know where to file this and I'll go back to finish.
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I said, "File a schedule C."
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Can you type and file?
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I'd more or less decided to just file those letters and keep my mouth shut.
Fiction book (1999) -
You're only going to pay for it when you file the actual return.
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You're going to learn how to properly file a permit for a permit application for the city.
Synonyms
485
1.0
To put something away to use later
102
1.3
Record data on a computer to use later
34
3.9
To store documents or emails in a safe place for long-term keeping and later use
13
3.3
To place papers in order and keep them where you can find them later
1
8.1
Put documents between other papers in a file or on a shelf
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
5
3.5
Officially send a completed form showing your income and taxes you owe
- Specialized
1
3.5
To put more than one file into one smaller file for sending or saving
Compounds
- Texting
15
2.9
A way to send digital files like documents or music over the internet, sometimes without permission
9
3.5
A way of arranging and storing paper documents or computer data so you can find them
- Specialized
4
2.8
A file that stores a copy of other files so you can get them back if they are lost
- Specialized
3
3.6
A computer on a network that stores files and lets other users access them with permission
- Specialized
1
4.7
A computer file that stores data in a non-text form for programs to read
- Specialized
1
6.3
A table on a computer disk that shows where information is stored and which areas cannot be used
- Specialized
1
5.2
A computer file that holds recent records of actions updated while the computer works
- Specialized
1
3.7
A standard way for computers to send files to each other over the internet
- Specialized
1
3.5
A few letters or numbers after a file name that show the file type
- Specialized
1
5.8
A hand tool with a rough flat surface that you move to smooth or shape wood and metal
- Specialized
1
9.5
A thin metal tool with a round taper used to smooth small round holes and curves
- Specialized
1
3.5
A file that has only plain letters, numbers, and symbols with no special formatting
- Specialized
1
6.5
A way to share files over a network that lets people download without a password
- Specialized
A computer used only to store and share files for other computers
- Specialized
A computer that shares files on a network and is also used for work
- Specialized
A hand tool with edges that narrow to a point for shaping and smoothing metal or wood
How Organized
Surface Forms
Etymology
File (verb) 'to place papers in order' comes from the noun file for a collection of papers, so to file is to put documents into that organized 'file' to keep them together and easy to find.