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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

file with en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To officially submit or present paperwork or information to a specific authority.
    • The students should file their assignments with the professor before the deadline.
    • I'll help you file your report with the supervisor once it's complete.
  2. (archaic) To follow closely in line with, or to keep pace.
    • My endeavours / Have ever come too short of my desires, / Yet filed with my abilities 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

Forms

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filed with Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
filed with Tense=Past lexicographic
files with Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
filing with Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

hand in to · submit to