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e-file

e-file verb: to file (a lawsuit, a patent application, etc.) by means of computer technology.

Verb

e-file (third-person singular simple present e-files, present participle e-filing, simple past and past participle e-filed)

  1. (transitive) To file (a lawsuit, a patent application, etc.) by means of computer technology.

Forms of e-file

third-person singular presente-files
present participlee-filing
past participlee-filed
paste-filed

Origin of e-file

From e- + file, perhaps as a back-formation from e-filing.

Words formed from e-file

Questions about e-file

What does e-file mean?
E-file means to file (a lawsuit, a patent application, etc.) by means of computer technology.
What part of speech is e-file?
E-file is a verb.
What is the past tense of e-file?
The past tense of e-file is e-filed.

Words near e-file in the dictionary

  1. e-fax
  2. e-faxes
  3. e-fed
  4. e-feds
  5. e-fencing
  6. e-file
  7. e-filed
  8. e-filer
  9. e-filers
  10. e-files
  11. e-filing

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