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Lcchang Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

file

I filed more than a hundred letters today.

Does the word "file" in this sentence have a similar meaning to "to store" or "to send"?

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Top answer

It sounds to me like you stored them in an orderly manner. Letters are often stored in a filing cabinet. The above is the common meaning.

— Clive

  • It sounds to me like you stored them in an orderly manner.
  • Letters are often stored in a filing cabinet.
  • The above is the common meaning.
  • Less common meanings are submit documents to the appropriate authority eg The lawyer filed a divorce petition with the court.
  • send a news story to a newspaper editor eg The journalist filed a story about an earthquake.
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It sounds to me like you stored them in an orderly manner. Letters are often stored in a filing cabinet.

The above is the common meaning. Less common meanings are
submit documents to the appropriate authority
eg The lawyer filed a
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