file
♦♦ file /f'aɪl/ (files filing filed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A file is a box or a folded piece of heavy paper or plastic in which letters or documents are kept.
He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files.
...a file of insurance papers.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N of/on n
A file is a collection of information about a particular person or thing.
We already have files on people's tax details, mortgages and poll tax...
You must record and keep a file of all expenses.
3 [VERB] V n
If you file a document, you put it in the correct file.
They are all filed alphabetically under author.
4 [N-COUNT]
In computing, a file is a set of related data that has its own name.
5 [VERB] V n, V for n
If you file a formal or legal accusation, complaint, or request, you make it officially.
A number of them have filed formal complaints against the police...
I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later.
6 [VERB] V n
When someone files a report or a news story, they send or give it to their employer.
Catherine Bond filed that report for the BBC from Nairobi...
7 [VERB] V prep/adv
When a group of people files somewhere, they walk one behind the other in a line.
Slowly, people filed into the room and sat down.
8 [N-COUNT]
A file is a hand tool which is used for rubbing hard objects to make them smooth, shape them, or cut through them.
9 [VERB] V n
If you file an object, you smooth it, shape it, or cut it with a file.
Manicurists are skilled at shaping and filing nails.
10
see also nail file, rank and file
11 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
Something that is on file or on someone's files is recorded or kept in a file or in a collection of information.
His fingerprints were on file in Washington...
We'll keep your details on file...
It is one of the most desperate cases on her files.
12 [PHRASE] PHR after v
A group of people who are walking or standing in single file are in a line, one behind the other.
We were walking in single file to the lake.nail file (nail files)
also nailfile
[N-COUNT]
A nail file is a small strip of rough metal or card that you rub across the ends of your nails to shorten them or shape them.rank and file
[N-SING] usu the N
The rank and file are the ordinary members of an organization or the ordinary workers in a company, as opposed to its leaders or managers. (JOURNALISM)
There was widespread support for him among the rank and file...scratch file (scratch files)
[N-COUNT]
A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating. (COMPUTING)zip file (zip files)
[N-COUNT]
A zip file is a computer file containing data that has been compressed. (COMPUTING)
When you download the font it may be in a compressed format, such as a zip file.
1 [N-COUNT]
A file is a box or a folded piece of heavy paper or plastic in which letters or documents are kept.
He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files.
...a file of insurance papers.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N of/on n
A file is a collection of information about a particular person or thing.
We already have files on people's tax details, mortgages and poll tax...
You must record and keep a file of all expenses.
3 [VERB] V n
If you file a document, you put it in the correct file.
They are all filed alphabetically under author.
4 [N-COUNT]
In computing, a file is a set of related data that has its own name.
5 [VERB] V n, V for n
If you file a formal or legal accusation, complaint, or request, you make it officially.
A number of them have filed formal complaints against the police...
I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later.
6 [VERB] V n
When someone files a report or a news story, they send or give it to their employer.
Catherine Bond filed that report for the BBC from Nairobi...
7 [VERB] V prep/adv
When a group of people files somewhere, they walk one behind the other in a line.
Slowly, people filed into the room and sat down.
8 [N-COUNT]
A file is a hand tool which is used for rubbing hard objects to make them smooth, shape them, or cut through them.
9 [VERB] V n
If you file an object, you smooth it, shape it, or cut it with a file.
Manicurists are skilled at shaping and filing nails.
10
see also nail file, rank and file
11 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
Something that is on file or on someone's files is recorded or kept in a file or in a collection of information.
His fingerprints were on file in Washington...
We'll keep your details on file...
It is one of the most desperate cases on her files.
12 [PHRASE] PHR after v
A group of people who are walking or standing in single file are in a line, one behind the other.
We were walking in single file to the lake.nail file (nail files)
also nailfile
[N-COUNT]
A nail file is a small strip of rough metal or card that you rub across the ends of your nails to shorten them or shape them.rank and file
[N-SING] usu the N
The rank and file are the ordinary members of an organization or the ordinary workers in a company, as opposed to its leaders or managers. (JOURNALISM)
There was widespread support for him among the rank and file...scratch file (scratch files)
[N-COUNT]
A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating. (COMPUTING)zip file (zip files)
[N-COUNT]
A zip file is a computer file containing data that has been compressed. (COMPUTING)
When you download the font it may be in a compressed format, such as a zip file.