filing
noun
Simple meaning
Storing documents in an archive.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfaɪlɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
Used this way, filing is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use filing
- “I have some filing to do.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order.
A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization.
A system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically).
A fragment of iron rubbed off by the use of a file.
A fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file.
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