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FILING

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.play

Example:

I have some filing to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("filing" is a kind of...):

storage (the act of storing something)

Derivation:

file (place in a container for keeping records)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("filing" is a kind of...):

formation; shaping (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)

Derivation:

file (smooth with a file)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The entering of a legal document into the public recordplay

Example:

he filed his tax return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("filing" is a kind of...):

entry; submission (something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition))

Derivation:

file (record in a public office or in a court of law)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A fragment rubbed off by the use of a fileplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("filing" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filing"):

metal filing (a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb file

Credits

 Context examples: 

You may be gathering up your receipts for your accountant to prepare for filing your tax return or, if you are getting married, to decide how you will handle household finances.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The other party might be putting you off while secretly filing for bankruptcy, and if you are not a secured creditor, you may fear you won’t receive all that is due you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)




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