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  • 51FILE — s. f. Suite ou rangée de choses ou de personnes disposées en long et l une après l autre. Une longue file de gens qui vont un à un. Aller à la file, file à file. Prendre la file des voitures. Suivre la file. Se mettre à la file. Prenez garde de… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 52file — file1 fileable, adj. filer, n. /fuyl/, n., v., filed, filing. n. 1. a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference. 2. a collection of papers, records, etc.,… …

    Universalium

  • 53file — 1 /faIl/ noun (C) 1 information about a particular person or subject that is kept by an official organization (+ on): Mendoza read over the file on the murders again. | keep a file on (=collect and store information): The government keeps a file… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 54file — /faɪl/ noun 1. a cardboard holder for documents, which can fit in the drawer of a filing cabinet ● Put these letters in the customer file. ● Look in the file marked ‘Scottish sales’. 2. documents kept for reference ♦ to place something on file to …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 55file — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēol; akin to Old High German fīla file Date: before 12th century 1. a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces especially of metal 2. a shrewd or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 56file — {{11}}file (n.1) 1520s, string or wire on which documents are strung, from Fr. file row, from M.Fr. filer (see FILE (Cf. file) (v.)). The meaning arranged collection of papers is from 1620s; computer sense is from 1954. The military sense line or …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 57file — I. /faɪl / (say fuyl) noun 1. any device, as a cabinet, in which papers, etc., are arranged or classified for convenient reference. 2. a collection of papers so arranged or classified; any orderly collection of papers, etc. 3. Computers a… …

  • 58filé — /fi lay , fee lay/, n. New Orleans Cookery. a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes. Also called filé powder. [1800 10, Amer.; < LaF; lit.,&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 59file — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, KP, ablate, abrade, abrase, achievement, aculeate, acuminate, alerion, alphabetize, aluminum oxide, ammunition box, analyze, animal charge, annulet, apply for, archives, argent, ark, armorial bearings,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 60file — I [[t]faɪl[/t]] n. v. filed, fil•ing 1) a container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order 2) a collection of papers, records, etc., arranged in convenient order 3) cmp a collection of related computer data or program&#8230; …

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