filing

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of arranging papers, documents, or other materials in a systematic order, usually in files or folders.

  - "I am filing these documents in alphabetical order."
  - "The clerk is filing papers all day long."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with filing
piling , smiling , exiling

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Variants

List of all variants of filing that leads to same result
filing , filings , file , filed , files , filer , filers , filing cabinet , cross-file , cross-filed , cross-files , cross-filing , mis-file , mis-filed , mis-files , mis-filing , misfile , misfiled , misfiles , misfiling , pre-file , pre-filed , pre-files , pre-filing , prefile , prefiled , prefiles , prefiling

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to file down' or 'to plane'. The meaning 'to arrange in order' developed in the late 15th century.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'filing cabinet' was first used in the late 19th century.

2. The world's largest filing cabinet was built in 1997 and could hold 22 million sheets of paper.

3. The ancient Egyptians used papyrus rolls for filing records, which could be up to 30 meters long.

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Related Concepts

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1. Document management: The practices and technologies used to create, receive, store, retrieve, and distribute documents and records.

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Culture

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Filing has been used as a metaphor in literature and art to represent order, organization, and efficiency. For example, in the novel '1984' by George Orwell, the 'Ministry of Truth' is described as having 'a vast room on the ground floor filled with filing cabinets'.

How to Memorize "filing"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large filing cabinet with drawers. Visualize the process of inserting documents into the correct folder.
   - Visualize the satisfaction of having an organized filing system.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'filing' with the image of a neatly arranged office.
   - Associate the word with the feeling of being prepared and efficient.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym F-I-L-E-R to remember the steps of the filing process: F-ind, I-nsert, L-abel, E-xamine, R-eplace.

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