File

/faɪl/ · noun

Meaning

A collection of papers collated and archived together..

Definitions by Sense

1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
2. A roll or list.
3. A course of thought; a thread of narration.
4. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
5. A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
6. (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet.
7. (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
8. (transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.

Example Sentences

It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you learn to help yourself

a file of all the gentry

Let me resume the file of my narration.

He had created a file for coding to design a new product.

I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.

Many homes now have double-file kitchens.

The Nonfiction Vertical File: […]I spent my university years working in the library at the Maritime School of Social Work. One of my responsibilities was to keep the library's vertical file up to date. The vertical file was a cabinet full of current newspaper and magazine clippings on topics of interest to the students and faculty of the school.

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• files
• filing
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