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n.
1) to file, give, make, present, submit a ~
2) to draw up, make out, write, write out, write up a ~
3) to confirm a ~
4) an accurate; biased, slanted; confirmed; detailed, exhaustive; favorable, positive; firsthand; negative, unfavorable; objective; unconfirmed ~
5) an annual; daily; incident; interim; majority; minority; monthly; morning; newspaper; oral; status; traffic; weather; weekly; written ~
6) a classified; confidential; restricted; secret; top secret ~
7) a school ~ ( BE ; AE has ~ card )
8) a ~ about, on; to (she filed a ~ about the incident; the annual ~ to stockholders)
9) a ~ that + clause (we have heard ~s that the road is closed)
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v.
1) ( B ) ('to relate') we ~ed the information to the authorities
2) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ about, on ('to describe') (the correspondent ~ed on the situation at the front)
3) ( D ; intr. ) ('to present oneself') to ~ for; to (to ~ to headquarters for duty)
4) ( D ; tr. ) ('to inform on') to ~ for; to (to ~ smb. to the police for violating an ordinance)
5) ( pol. ) ( AE ) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ out of ('to return smt. for further action') (to ~ a bill out of committee)
6) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to answer to') (she ~s directly to the dean)
7) ( G ) ('to make known') several people ~ed having seen the stolen car
8) ( K ) ('to make known') smb. ~ed their leaving early
9) ( L ; to) ('to relate') she ~ed (to us) that she had accomplished her mission
10) ( M ) ('to describe') the fire was ~ed to be burning out of control
11) ( N ; used with an adjective, past participle) ('to describe') the patrol ~ed the entire area clear/cleared; he was ~ed missing in action
12) ( Q ) ('to describe') they ~ed how the incident took place
13) ( esp. BE ) (s) to ~ sick