filing system
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈfaɪlɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
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sistema de archivo (para documentos)
- He struggled to locate the reports until he adopted a digital filing system for better management.
So destroying evidence is his filing system.
- So destroying evidence is his filing system.
Examples
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A good memory is an excuse for a poor filing system.
Blog text (19) -
OfficeDrop provides an award-winning online digital filing system and Mac scanner software.
Blog text (29) -
Well, the filing system is over here.
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You really ought to let me work out a filing system for you, something like we use at the library.
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So now, after so many years, I have developed a personal filing system and a process.
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If this new filing system is to work, you must keep outdated stuff off my desk.
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A filing system based on manila folders in a study cabinet, however, is often faster and more convenient.
Academic text (1993) -
As archaic as this may sound, set up a filing system in your desk—preferably one with hanging folders.
Blog text (12) -
Because the posts are stored in reverse chronological order and have an automatic date and time stamp when they are uploaded, blogs give teachers a ready-made filing system for tracking students' writing progress.
Academic text (2012) -
The company implemented a new filing system to improve the organization of its documents.
Synonyms
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A way of arranging and storing paper documents or computer data so you can find them
How Organized
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- Specialized
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- Archaic
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1.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'filing system' is directly compositional: 'filing' (the systematic placement of papers) combined with 'system' (a formalized set of procedures) yields a system for filing documents. This construction is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English noun-noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Filing system comes from the simple office picture of putting papers into labelled folders and drawers. The word filing is the act of putting papers in order and system is a set way of doing it, so the phrase means 'a method of organizing documents so you can find them quickly'.