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• noun 1 a folder or box for keeping loose papers together and in order. 2 Computing a collection of data or programs stored under a single identifying name. 3 a line of people or things one behind another. 4 Military a small detachment of men. 5 Chess a row of squares on a chessboard running away from the player toward the opponent. • verb 1 place in a file. 2 submit (a legal document, application, or charge) to be officially placed on record. 3 walk one behind the other. — DERIVATIVES filing noun. — ORIGIN French fil ‘a thread’, from Latin filum.
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