file with verb2 •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. •(no longer used) To follow closely in line with, or to keep pace.My endeavours / Have ever come too short of my desires, / Yet filed with my abilities — 1613 formsfiled with · filing with · files with