file

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

files

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

file

past (v2)

filed

past participle (v3)

filed

present participle

filing

3rd person singular

files

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A collection of papers collated and archived together.

   • It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.

2. 2.A roll or list.

   • I deleted the file by accident.

3. 3.A course of thought; a thread of narration.

   • Let me resume the file of my narration.

4. 4.An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

   • He had created a file for coding to design a new product.
   • I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To commit (official papers) to some office.

   • She filed their accounts yesterday.

2. 2.(of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.

   • I filed my copy soon after the interview.

3. 3.To place in an archive in a logical place and order.

   • Troves of documents filed away in the depository.

4. 4.To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

Overall

Common· #1359

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare