file
To commit to some officeTo commit (official papers) to some office.
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Examples
339 sentencesMeaning
10 senses(transitive)To commit (official papers) to some office.
She filed their accounts yesterday.
Antrag stellen, einreichen, eingeben
подава́ть докуме́нтыpodavátʹ dokuménty, подава́ть заявле́ниеpodavátʹ zajavlénije, подава́ть жа́лобуpodavátʹ žálobu
(transitive)To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
feilen
подпи́ливатьpodpílivatʹ, шлифова́тьšlifovátʹ
smooth with a file
To commit (official papers) to some office.
(intransitive, transitive)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.
beantragen, einreichen, beanspruchen
подава́ть заявле́ниеpodavátʹ zajavlénije
More meanings 7
(transitive)To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
speichern, abspeichern
запомина́тьzapominátʹ, запи́сыватьzapísyvatʹ, сохраня́тьsoxranjátʹ
(transitive)To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
Troves of documents filed away in the depository.
archivieren, abheften, einsortieren
подшива́ть к де́луpodšivátʹ k délu, сдава́ть в архи́вsdavátʹ v arxív, регистри́роватьregistrírovatʹ
(transitive)(of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
I filed my copy soon after the interview.
(intransitive)To move in a file.
The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
To corrupt.
(obsolete, transitive)To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
(archaic)To defile.
Origin
From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum. From FrencFrom Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum.
From French file, from filer (“to spin out, arrange one behind another”), from Latin fīlāre, from filum (“thread”).
From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English fēl, fēol (“file”), from earlier fīil, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fil (“file”), Icelandic þjöl (“rasp, file”).
From Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English fȳlan (“to defile, make foul”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to make foul”). More at defile.
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Forms
files, filing, filed, filedTenses
file · filed · will file · have filedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- file inTo enter in single file.
- file offTo remove using a file (the tool).
- file awayTo store in a file; to get rid of a document by placing it in a file or other storage.
- file downTo reduce the size of something by filing (using the abrasive effects of a file).
- file withTo officially submit or present paperwork or information to a specific authority.
- file outвыходить колонной по одномуTo exit in one or more single file lines.
Synonyms
70 synonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
8 patterns- file a complaint
- filed for divorce
- filed the complaint
- audio files
- Mp files
- file cabinet
- one who filed
- has filed for
See also
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