Synonyms for
Filing
Definition
Filing refers to the act of organizing or arranging documents or other materials by subject or in some other systematic way.
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Common collocations
- filing cabinet
- filing system
- file a complaint
- file a report
- file for divorce
- file taxes
- file a lawsuit
- file a claim
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Usage note
The word 'filing' can refer to the act of submitting a document or the process of organizing papers. Ensure context clarifies the intended meaning.
Example sentences
- I spent the morning doing some filing in my home office.
- He has a lot of filing to do before he can leave for the day.
- She is very good at filing papers and keeping things organized.
- The secretary was responsible for filing all the documents in the appropriate folders.
- I always make sure to do my filing at the end of each workday.
Quotes
"Filing cabinets are the graveyards of information." - Grace Hopper
"I'm a filing clerk who sings." - Leonard Cohen
"I don't like to write with a computer - I like to write with a pencil and paper and do a lot of physical cutting and pasting and filing." - Augusten Burroughs