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Definition: FILED |
FILEDImperative & past participle1. Of File |
Date "FILED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
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Screenplays | Excuse me. I'm not getting any of my mail, nothing has been filed! Ever since she got engaged, my life has been a disaster! (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg) I filed for divorce. (The General's Daughter; writing credit: Christopher Bertolini) I deserve to die in action, Eberts, not just to be filed away! (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. (The Prisoner; writing credit: Dennis Marks) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Near Pullman, Washington, (left to right) Kurtis Schroeder, Linda Thomashow, Jim Cook, and David Weller examine healthy wheat thriving in a filed infected by the fungus that causes wheat take-all. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |  | When the door was lifted from its hinges, they filed out into the trunk room and up through the stage stairway.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Eugene Davis, gold prospector, reading over location notice form which must be filed along with mining claim. Pinos Altos, New Mexico.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Henry David Thoreau | We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | At the last term on the affidavits then read and filed with the clerk, a rule was granted in this case, requiring the Secretary of State [note: i.e., James Madison] to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing him to deliver to William Marbury his commission as a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The lists relating to the articles in 2 (b) above shall be filed on or before December 31, 1919. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The bell rang for night prayers and he filed out of the studyhall after the others and down the staircase and along the corridors to the chapel. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | $10,000 must be filed by the bank. (references) | |
The period in which bids may be filed is often quite limited. (references) | ||
If the documents filed are correct the application is registered. (references) | ||
Children | Sri Lanka | No cases are known to have been filed under this law. (references) |
Guatemala | Poroj intimidated and threatened the family for being part of a citizens group, and filed a complaint of slander. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | A petition was filed with the High Court of Justice in May 1997 charging that the Ministry of Education's refusal to provide this program to Israeli Arab students was discriminatory. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | By year's end, charges had not been filed. (references) |
Italy | Many defamation lawsuits are filed by politicians. (references) | |
Colombia | Charges were filed against the two police officers. (references) | |
Discrimination | Nicaragua | Few, if any, discrimination suits or formal complaints were filed with government officials. (references) |
Argentina | The Association Against Homosexual Discrimination filed a complaint to the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman in Cordoba regarding such treatment. (references) | |
Economic History | Morocco | These documents should be filed in Arabic, but the courts also accept French. (references) |
Human Rights | Latvia | Charges must be filed within 10 days of arrest. (references) |
Paraguay | A prosecutor filed charges against the officers. (references) | |
Jamaica | No criminal charges had been filed at year's end. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | The U'wa had filed several court challenges to drilling, and succeeded in winning brief delays before appeal courts ruled in favor of the Government's arrangement with Occidental. (references) |
Belize | Several Mayan organizations had filed suit to force the Government to recognize the Maya's ancestral land claims and to prevent further granting of logging concessions on the disputed land. (references) | |
Minorities | Netherlands | Authorities investigate offenses only when a complaint has been filed. (references) |
Political Economy | GHANA | Few infringement cases have been filed in Ghana in recent years. (references) |
Ghana | Unlike in the previous year, only one libel suit was filed by a minister. (references) | |
SOUTH AFRICA | The number of antidumping petitions filed in South Africa, however, remains high. (references) | |
Political Rights | Senegal | Following a complaint filed by the National Observatory of Elections (ONEL), the documents were cancelled. (references) |
Samoa | The election was marred by charges of bribery, and 10 losing candidates initially filed election challenges. (references) | |
Macedonia | Trajkovski again gained the majority of votes cast, and the SDSM filed a list of complaints of irregularities. (references) | |
Trade | Botswana | An Export Declaration Form (Form CD) must be filed for all goods exceeding approximately USD $370 in value. (references) |
Japan | Although only a few lawsuits have been filed under this law so far, the number is expected to rise in the future. (references) | |
Norway | The requirement calls for a 100-percent product composition declaration to be filed and registered in the product register. (references) | |
Travel | Belgium | Many documents must be filed in at least one of the three national languages. (references) |
Australia | There are no major restrictions on importing or exporting currency or travelers checks to/from Australia, although a customs declaration is filed when taking out large amounts of cash. (references) | |
Women | Pakistan | While abusers may be charged with assault, cases rarely are filed. (references) |
Worker Rights | Philippines | Unions have filed complaints about the minimum wage exemption policies. (references) |
Iceland | In May, for the first time, formal charges of coercion were filed against a club. (references) | |
Guatemala | Twenty-two unionists filed a complaint with the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Unionists. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Cary Goldstein | Right. The will be a civil action filed before the one-year anniversary of Bonny's death. Also, I'm involved in negotiating the visitation for the Bakley family. |
John Ashcroft | I don't want to provide a specific time during which he'll be in the United States, but I expect him to be here shortly. He is the subject of a complaint filed in the eastern district of Virginia and he will be brought to justice. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | One object of the expedition was the reduction of Mackinaw, which filed with the loss of a few brave men, among whom was an officer justly distinguished for his gallant exploits. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "FILED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 56.02% of the time. "FILED" is used about 688 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 56.02% | 386 | 14,302 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 40.06% | 276 | 17,631 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.92% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Total | 100.00% | 688 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "FILED": cleared as filed ♦ filed flight plan ♦ filed flightplan ♦ pack filed strength. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "FILED": hand-filed, mid-filed, mis-filed, sub-filed. | |
Containing "FILED": air-filed flight plan. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
filed free test warhead | 11 | bankruptcy filed loan people who | 2 |
divorces filed | 7 | filed track usa | 2 |
filed lawsuit | 6 | filed turner | 2 |
bankruptcy filed have loan people who | 4 | copy filed tax | 2 |
bankruptcy filed | 4 | who filed bankruptcy | 2 |
filed | 3 | bankruptcy filed has who | 2 |
filed museum | 3 | binding filed legally license marriage | 2 |
class action lawsuit filed | 3 | chicago filed museum | 2 |
filed mob | 3 | filed safeco | 2 |
filed wrigley | 3 | filed soccer | 2 |
bankruptcy card credit filed have people who | 3 | cd filed | 2 |
can civil filed many one suit time | 3 | baffle explosion filed plate test | 2 |
day filed | 3 | filed marshall | 2 |
bankruptcy filed people who | 3 | filed track | 2 |
edison filed | 3 | filed mall roosevelt | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "FILED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملوث (contaminated, defiled, dirty, foul, impure, infectious, polluted, polluter, spotted, staining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | регистриран. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '档. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zařazený. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilladelse til fortsættelse ifølge flyveplan (cleared as filed), klagen anses for indgivet (notice deemed to have been filed), indgivet flyveplan (filed flightplan), eneret til indregistrerede patenter (exclusive rights to filed patents), en patentansoeging,hvis genstand er af egentlig kernefysisk art,indleveres hos en Medlemsstat (an application for a patent relating to a specifically nuclear subject is filed with a Member State), andragenderne henlægges uden videre (they shall be filed without further action), andragenderne henlægges (the petitions shall be filed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zij worden ter zijde gelegd (they shall be filed without further action), uitsluitende rechten op verkregen octrooien (exclusive rights to filed patents), internationale aanvrage ingediend bij het EOB (international application filed with the EPO), ingediend vluchtplan (filed flightplan), een aanvrage om octrooi waarvan het onderwerp binnen het specifiek kernenergetische terrein valt,wordt bij een Lid-Staat ingediend (an application for a patent relating to a specifically nuclear subject is filed with a Member State), de verzoekschriften worden ter zijde gelegd (the petitions shall be filed), bij een nationale instantie ingediende aanvrage (application filed with a national authority), bestemming als aangevraagd op formulier (cleared as filed), beroep wordt pas geacht te zijn ingesteld (notice deemed to have been filed), begrensde magneetkracht van een veld (pack filed strength). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | selvitetty lentosuunnitelman mukaan (cleared as filed), selvä lentosuunnitelman mukaan (cleared as filed), esitetty lentosuunnitelma (filed flightplan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pollué. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausgefeilt (elaborate, polished, stylized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάθεση σε Kράτος μέλος αιτήσεως διπλώματος ευρεσιτεχνίας που αφορά αντικείμενα που προσιδιάζουν στον πυρηνικό τομέα (an application for a patent relating to a specifically nuclear subject is filed with a Member State), κατατεθειμένο σχέδιο πτήσεως (filed flightplan), με άδεια ως το σχέδιο πτήσεως (cleared as filed), περιορισμένη ισχύς (pack filed strength), η προσφυγή θεωρείται ότι έχει ασκηθεί (notice deemed to have been filed), ελεύθερος ως το σχέδιο πτήσεως (cleared as filed), αποκλειστικά δικαιώματα επί κατατεθειμένων διπλωμάτων ευρεσιτεχνίας (exclusive rights to filed patents), οι αναφορές αρχειοθετούνται (the petitions shall be filed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתויק, פצור (notched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | reszelt, iktatott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | berasah (hurnished, sharpened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | FPL (filed flight plan), forza di campo di pacchetto (pack filed strength), ricorso considerato presentato (notice deemed to have been filed), piano di volo trasmesso (filed flight plan), piano di volo presentato (filed flightplan), piano di volo compilato in volo (AFIL, flight plan filed in the air), petizioni archiviate (the petitions shall be filed), nastro classificato (filed tape), le petizioni sono archivia (the petitions shall be filed), esse vengono/sono archiciate (they shall be filed without further action), domanda di brevetto,il cui oggetto sia specificamente nucleare,è depositata presso uno Stato membro (an application for a patent relating to a specifically nuclear subject is filed with a Member State), diritti di esclusivit su brevetti depositati (exclusive rights to filed patents), autorizzato secondo il piano di volo (cleared as filed), AFIL (AFIL, air-filed flight plan, flight plan filed in the air). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 衆人'視 (the presence of the whole company, with all eyes filed upon), 控訴期" (term in which an appeal may be filed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅうじ"か"し (the presence of the whole company, with all eyes filed upon), "うそきか" (term in which an appeal may be filed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 청하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iledfay feito num Estado-membro o depósito de um pedido de patente que diga respeito a objecto especificamente nuclear (an application for a patent relating to a specifically nuclear subject is filed with a Member State), são pura e simplesmente arquivadas (they shall be filed without further action), recurso considerado interposto (notice deemed to have been filed), plano de voo apresentado (filed flightplan), direitos exclusivos sobre patentes depositadas (exclusive rights to filed patents), autorizado tal como solicitado (cleared as filed), as petições são arquivadas (the petitions shall be filed). (various references) зарегистрированный (on record, registered). (various references) zaveden (misled, seduced), uknjižen, isturpijan. (various references) archivado (filing). (various references) kayda geçmiş, eğelenmiş, dosyalanmış (on file). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "FILED": defiled, interfiled, misfiled, prefiled, profiled, refiled, undefiled. (additional references) | |
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"FILED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: falad, fald, falde, falid, fallid, falsed, felde, fidel, fied, fiel, fielg, Filbey, fild, fileu, filex, filey, filii, Filiz, filld, filo, filoh, fived, foled, frild, fyeld, fylde, fyldes, ifed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FILED" (pronounced fī"ld) |
| 4 | f ī" l d | refiled. |
| 3 | -ī" l d | beguiled, child, compiled, mild, piled, restyled, reviled, riled, smiled, styled, tiled, wild. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: felid, field, flied. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-l" | |
-1 letter: defi, deil, delf, deli, diel, file, fled, idle, lied, lief, life. | |
-2 letters: del, die, eld, elf, fed, fid, fie, fil, led, lei, lid, lie. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, ef, el, id, if, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-l" | |
+1 letter: afield, defile, failed, felids, fiddle, fields, filled, filmed, flited, foiled, lifted, rifled. | |
+2 letters: defiled, defiler, defiles, direful, fetidly, fiddled, fiddler, fiddles, fielded, fielder, filched, fileted, fixedly, fizzled, flailed, flicked, flinder, flinted, flipped, flirted, flitted, folioed, frilled, infidel, infield, midlife, oldwife, piffled, refiled, riffled, stifled, sulfide, trifled, upfield. | |
+3 letters: airfield, belfried, canfield, dayflies, deadlift, dealfish, defilade, defilers, defiling, deifical, diolefin, dirgeful, enfilade, fairlead, fervidly, fiddlers, fidelity, fielders, fielding, filiated, filicide, filleted, filliped, filtered, finagled, findable, finialed, fivefold, fledgier, fledging, flighted, flinched, flinders, flitched, fluidise, fluidize, fluoride, flurried, foliaged, foliated, fribbled, friendly, frivoled, frizzled, fulmined, gadflies, giftedly, hayfield, infidels, infields, inflamed, inflated, inflexed, infolded, infolder, ingulfed, medflies, midfield, misfield, misfiled, ninefold, outfield, pilfered, prefiled, prideful, profiled, refilled, refilmed, salified, skiffled, sniffled, subfield, sulfides, uglified, unfilled, unfilmed, unfoiled, unrifled, uplifted, vilified, whiffled, wildfire, wildlife. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 4C 45 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. .-.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01001100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I L E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 004C 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4043463938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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