File

  • 41file — ▪ I. file file 1 [faɪl] noun [countable] 1. information about a person or subject that is kept by a company or other organization: • I see from my files that we still have not received payment from you. • A credit reference agency is a company… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 42file — I n. dossier folder 1) to make up, open a file 2) to keep a file 3) to close a file 4) official files 5) a vertical file 6) a file on (to keep a file on smb.) 7) on file (these documents are kept on file) collection of data in a computer 8) to …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 43file — (fi l ) s. f. 1°   Suite, rangée de choses ou de personnes disposées une à une sur une même ligne, les unes derrière les autres. •   Dans une file d objets disposés sur une ligne comme le sont, par exemple, les lanternes sur le chemin de… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 44file — file1 W2S1 [faıl] n [Sense: 1 3, 5; Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: fil thread , from Latin filum (because documents were stored on pieces of string).] [Sense: 4; Origin: Old English feol] 1.) a set of papers, records etc that contain… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 45file — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 collection of papers ADJECTIVE ▪ bulging, bulky (BrE), thick ▪ box (BrE), card, lever arch (BrE), Manila, paper …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 46file — file1 [ faıl ] noun count *** 1. ) a set of papers, documents, or records that you keep because they contain information: The insurance company may want to check your medical files. file on: The police file on this particular case has now been… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47file — [[t]fa͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦ 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… …

    English dictionary

  • 48file — I UK [faɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms file : singular file plural files *** 1) a) a set of papers, documents, or records that you keep because they contain information The insurance company may want to check your medical files. keep/hold a …

    English dictionary

  • 49file — [1] A flat or rounded tool with a rough surface of hardened steel. When it is rubbed against metal, it removes small bits of metal leading to a smaller amount of base metal. [2] The action of removing metal by using a file. Also see bastard file… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 50FILE — n. f. Suite ou rangée de choses ou de personnes disposées en long et l’une derrière l’autre. Une longue file de gens. Aller à la file, file à file. Prendre la file des voitures. Suivre la file. Se mettre à la file. Prenez garde de ne pas perdre… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)