Definitions of file [ɪl]

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Definition of 'file'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) file
a container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order.

2.  file
a collection of papers, records, etc., arranged in convenient order.

3.  file
a collection of related computer data or program records stored by name.

4.  file
a line of persons or things arranged one behind another

5.  file
a list or roll.

6.  file
one of the vertical lines of squares on a chessboard.

7. (v.t.) file
to place in a file.

8.  file
to arrange (papers, records, etc.) in convenient order for storage or reference.

9.  file
to transmit (a news story), as by wire.

10.  file
to initiate (legal proceedings).

11. (v.i.) file
to march in a file or line, one after another.

12.  file
to make application:
to file for a job.

13. (n.) file
a metal tool, esp. of steel, having rough surfaces for reducing or smoothing metal, wood, etc.

14. (v.t.) file
to reduce, smooth, or remove with or as if with a file.

15. (v.t.) file
to defile; corrupt.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE f&ymacr;lan to befoul, defile, der. of fūlfoul)

Definition of 'file'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) file, data file
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

2. (noun) file, single file, Indian file
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

3. (noun) file, file cabinet, filing cabinet
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

4. (verb) file
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal

5. (verb) file, register
record in a public office or in a court of law
"file for divorce"; "file a complaint"

6. (verb) file
smooth with a file
"file one's fingernails"

7. (verb) file
proceed in line
"The students filed into the classroom"

8. (verb) charge, lodge, file
file a formal charge against
"The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

9. (verb) file, file away
place in a container for keeping records
"File these bills, please"

Definition of 'file'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) file
a collection of information, documents, etc.
confidential files; We keep a file on every child in the school.

2.  file
a container for a collection of information, documents, etc.
She took two files out of the drawer.

3.  file
a named place on a computer for storing information
to create/delete a file

4.  file
a tool for making sth smooth
a nail file

5. (verb) file
to put a document into the correct place in a file
File the documents in alphabetical order.

6.  file
to officially state your intention to go to court
to file a lawsuit

7.  file
to rub with a file to make smooth
She filed her nails.

8.  file
to walk somewhere in a line
The players filed into the arena.

Definition of 'file'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) file
an orderly succession; a line; a row

2. (noun) file
a row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks

3. (noun) file
an orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant

4. (noun) file
the line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order

5. (noun) file
a roll or list

6. (noun) file
course of thought; thread of narration

7. (noun) file
a steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc

8. (noun) file
anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively

9. (noun) file
a shrewd or artful person

10. (verb) file
to set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers

11. (verb) file
to bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill

12. (verb) file
to put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court

13. (verb) file
to march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off

14. (verb) file
to rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth

15. (verb) file
to smooth or polish as with a file

16. (verb) file
to make foul; to defile

Translation of 'file'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a line of soldiers etc walking one behind the other.
Afrikaans: ry	Arabic: رَتْل، طابور، صَف طويل	Bulgarian: строй
Brazilian: fila	Czech: zástup	German: die Reihe
Danish: række	Greek: φάλαγγα	Spanish: fila
Estonian: rivi, hanerida	Farsi: صف	Finnish: jono
French: file	Hebrew: טוּר	Hindi: रेती
Croatian: kolona, niz	Hungarian: sor (emberekből)	Indonesian: barisan
Icelandic: einföld röð, fylking	Italian: fila	Japanese: 縦列
Korean: 종렬을 이루는 병사	Lithuanian: vora	Latvian: ierinda
Malay: barisan	Dutch: rij	Norwegian: rekke
Polish: szereg	Persian: صف	Pashto: کتار
Portuguese: coluna/fila	Romanian: şir	Russian: колонна
Slovak: zástup	Slovenian: vrsta	Serbian: red
Swedish: rad, led	Thai: แถว	Turkish: sıra
Taiwanese: 縱列	Ukrainian: шеренга, ряд	Urdu: اشیا یا افراد کی قطار
Vietnamese: hàng quân	Chinese: 纵列
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