Definition of file verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

: to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records especially as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding

FILE definition: 1. any of several different types of container used to store papers, letters, and other documents…. Learn more.

Conjugate the English verb file: indicative, past tense, participle, present perfect, gerund, conjugation models and irregular verbs. Translate file in context, with examples of use and definition.

filed, filing to march in a file or line, one after another, as soldiers. The parade filed past endlessly. to make application. to file for a civil-service job.

5 days ago · file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed) (intransitive) To move in a file. The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb file, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

When someone files a report or a news story, they send or give it to their employer. He had to rush back to the office and file a housing story before the secretaries went home.

To file is to submit an application or a record to some official authority, like a court, police station, or city hall. You might file a complaint against your neighbor after he shovels the snow from his driveway …

file - verb. 1 to arrange in order for future reference; 2 record in a public office or in a court of law; noun. a set of related records either written or electronic kept together.