Dictionary Definition
filing
Noun
1 the entering of a legal document into the
public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax
return"
2 a fragment rubbed off by the use of a
file
3 the act of using a file (as in shaping or
smoothing an object)
4 preservation and methodical arrangement as of
documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ
Noun
Translations
any particle that has been removed by a file or
similar implement; a shaving
the act of storing documents in an archive;
archiving
- Finnish: arkistointi
Verb
filing- present participle of file
See also
Extensive Definition
File has several meanings:
- File folder used to organize documents
- Filing cabinet
- Computer file
- File (tool)
- A nail file
- Filing (legal)
- Filing (manufacturing process)
- File (formation) Military term for a single column of men one in front of the other. See also Rank (formation)
- File (chess)
- file URI scheme
- file (Unix), a utility used to determine file types.
- The File menu
- filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
- File sharing
- an Irish poet, see fili
- FILE - Electronic Language International Festival is an Art & Technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil.
filing in Danish: Fil
filing in French: File
filing in Korean: 파일
filing in Dutch: File
filing in Japanese: ファイル
filing in Simple English: File
filing in Slovak: Archív
filing in Slovenian: File
filing in Urdu: مِلَف
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ablation, abrasion, abrasive, analysis, arrangement, attrition, buffing, burnishing, cataloging, categorization, chafe, chafing, classification, cloture, codification, committee
consideration, debate,
deliberation,
detrition, division, dressing, enrollment, erasure, erosion, filibuster, filibustering, first
reading, fretting,
galling, grading, grazing, grinding, grouping, indexing, introduction, itemization, limation, listing, logrolling, pigeonholing, placement, polishing, ranging, ranking, rasping, rating, registration, registry, roll call, rubbing
away, sandblasting,
sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, second reading, shining, smoothing, sorting, steamroller methods,
stratification,
subdivision,
tabling, tabulation, talkathon, taxonomy, third reading,
typology, vote, wear, wearing
away