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file with

file with verb: to officially submit or present paperwork or information to a specific authority.

Verb

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

  1. To officially submit or present paperwork or information to a specific authority.
    • The students should file their assignments with the professor before the deadline.
    • I'll help you file your report with the supervisor once it's complete.
    Synonyms:
    submit to, hand in to
  2. (archaic) To follow closely in line with, or to keep pace.
    • My endeavours / Have ever come too short of my desires, / Yet filed with my abilities1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...

Synonyms of file with

  • submit to
  • hand in to

Forms of file with

third-person singular presentfiles with
present participlefiling with
past participlefiled with
pastfiled with

Questions about file with

What does file with mean?
File with means to officially submit or present paperwork or information to a specific authority.
What part of speech is file with?
File with is a verb.
What is the past tense of file with?
The past tense of file with is filed with.

Words near file with in the dictionary

  1. file types
  2. file video
  3. file videos
  4. file videotape
  5. file videotapes
  6. file with
  7. file-card
  8. file-cards
  9. file-drawer problem
  10. file-drawer problems
  11. fileable

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