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present tense third-person singular of file

files

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of file
as in marches
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium

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files

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noun

plural of file
as in queues
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game

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“Files.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/files. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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