filing

English

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Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ

Noun

filing (plural filings)

  1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
    The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
  2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
  3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
    • 2018 November 30, Jon Swaine, The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
      Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.
  4. This term needs a definition (filing nails). Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Verb

filing

  1. present participle and gerund of file

See also

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English filling station.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /filiŋ/

Noun

filing

  1. facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles; gas station

References

  • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 106
  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 358
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