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The definition of file
14 Definitions of: file
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- noun, a folder, box, etc, used to keep documents or other items in order
- noun, the documents, etc, kept in this way
- noun, documents or information about a specific subject, person, etc
- noun, an orderly line or row
- noun, a line of people in marching formation, one behind another. Compare rank
- noun, any of the eight vertical rows of squares on a chessboard
- noun, computing a named collection of information, in the form of text, programs, graphics, etc, held on a permanent storage device such as a magnetic disk
- noun, a list or catalogue
- noun, on file recorded or catalogued for reference, as in a file
- verb, to place (a document, letter, etc) in a file
- verb, to put on record, esp to place (a legal document) on public or official record; register
- verb, to bring (a suit, esp a divorce suit) in a court of law
- verb, to submit (copy) to a newspaper or news agency
- verb, to march or walk in a file or files
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- noun, a hand tool consisting essentially of a steel blade with small cutting teeth on some or all of its faces. It is used for shaping or smoothing metal, wood, etc
- noun, slang a cunning or deceitful person
- verb, to shape or smooth (a surface) with a file
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- verb, to pollute or defile
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- noun, an index in which each item is separately listed on systematically arranged cards
- verb, to make such an index of (a book)
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| Synonyms: | case, document, information, data, pigeonhole, shape, folder, portfolio, binder, dossier | And more... |
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