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English[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably split in 2 etymologies”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
filing (plural filings)
- 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.
- The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
- Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
- 2018 November 30, Jon Swaine, The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving
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act of storing documents in an archive; archiving
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
filing
- present participle and gerund of file