Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To remove from a file or record.

  2. To cancel (a formal request)

    unfile a complaint

Origin

From un- + file.

From un- + file.

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Forms

unfiles, unfiling, unfiled, unfiled
Base formunfile · to unfile
3rd person singularunfiles
Present participleunfiling
Past simpleunfiled
Past participleunfiled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunfile
he, she, itunfiles

Past simpleLesson

all personsunfiled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unfiled
he, she, ithas unfiled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unfile

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unfathomableunfazedunfeasibleC2unfeelingunfinishedunfitB1unflappable

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