file
Meaning of file
noun
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- A roll or list.
- Course of thought; thread of narration.
- An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.
- To commit (official papers) to some office.
- To place in an archive in a logical place and order
- To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- (with for) To submit a formal request to some office.
She filed for divorce the next day.
- To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
The troops marched in Indian file.
- A small detachment of soldiers.
- One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
- To move in a file.
The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
- A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
- A cunning or resourceful person.
- To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
- To defile
- To corrupt
Information about file
- The plural form of file is: files.
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CatalanHyphenation of file
file
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- file is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
file synonyms
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Translation of file
- Spanish: hilera, fila, guardar, grabar, archivar, lima, archivo, fichero, presentar, depositar, entregar, columna, limar
- German: Reihe, speichern, Feile, archivieren, Akte, Kartei, Datei, File, feilen
- French: suite, file, colonne, enregistrer, sauvegarder, lime, archiver, archive, fichier, déposer, limer
- Italian: fila, registrare, salvare, lima, archiviare, archivio, file, depositare, colonna, limare
- Portuguese: fila, salvar, guardar, lima, arquivar, arquivo, ficheiro, linha, limar
Anagrams of file
Feil, feil, fiel, Leif, Lief, lief, Life, life
Words that rhyme with file
datafile, serafile, subfile, bandfile, endfile, backspacefile, befile, defile, makefile, prefile, refile, serrefile, affile, sigfile, wrongfile, backfile, chkfile, workfile, molfile, nailfile, fromfile, enfile, infile, openfile, unfile, LipoProfile, nofile, pedofile, profile, tofile, dumpfile, interfile, overfile, misfile, inputfile, drawfile
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