filing
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈfaɪlɪŋ/
:
archivo
- She organized her papers into the filing cabinet for better accessibility.
- a filing system
- a filing cabinet
- filing cards
Hey, we are not hiring, but we might just keep some fucking information filing.
- Hey, we are not hiring, but we might just keep some fucking information filing.
Examples
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All this filing and record keeping?
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A small office, shared by two men, and a mountain of filing cabinets and paper.
Fiction book (1996) -
The S corporation status is the tax filing status only.
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You can look in the filing cabinet.
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I was just doing some filing.
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The location of the statements in the body of the filing varies significantly.
Academic text (2005) -
By the way, do you lock your filing cabinets?
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All the stuff you need should be in the filing cabinet beside my desk, the middle drawer.
Fiction book (2002) -
The auditor kept the data in a locked filing cabinet to ensure confidentiality.
Academic text (2012) -
Carl opens the middle drawer of a metal filing cabinet and pulls out a folder.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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2.9
A way of putting papers or computer files in order so you can find them easily
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3.3
Keeping written or digital information so you can find it later
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3.5
A way of arranging and storing paper documents or computer data so you can find them
Compounds
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3.8
A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work
How Organized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filing comes from file meaning a place or group for papers, so filing is the act of arranging and keeping documents in order so you can find them easily.