FILE
\fˈa͡ɪl], \fˈaɪl], \f_ˈaɪ_l]\
Definitions of FILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
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a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
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office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
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a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
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smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"
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place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"
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record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
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proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"
By Princeton University
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a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
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a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
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office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
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a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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register in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
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file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
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smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make foul; to defile.
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An orderly succession; a line; a row
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An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant.
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The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.
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A roll or list.
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To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.
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To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill.
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To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.
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A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
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Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.
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A shrewd or artful person.
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To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
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To smooth or polish as with a file.
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To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; - generally with off.
By Oddity Software
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To make foul; to defile.
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An orderly succession; a line; a row
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An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant.
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The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.
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A roll or list.
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To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.
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To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill.
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To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.
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A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
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Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.
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A shrewd or artful person.
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To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
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To smooth or polish as with a file.
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A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; - in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast.
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To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; - generally with off.
By Noah Webster.
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A term commonly used to describe both the process of submitting a document to a court--for example, "I filed my small claims case today"--and to describe the physical location where these papers are kept. Traditionally, a court's case files were kept indefinitely in one or more cardboard folders. Today many files--especially those for inactive cases--are stored by computer.
By Oddity Software
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A wire, etc., on which papers are strung for safe-keeping or reference; a bundle of papers fastened together and endorsed with the date, contents, etc., of each; a case or cabinet in which papers may be arranged in an orderly way; a line of soldiers ranged one behind the other; a tool of hard steel with small grooves on the surface, used for cutting and smoothing.
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To cut or smooth with such a tool; to arrange and put away (papers, etc.) in orderly fashion, for reference; place among the records of a court or house of legislature.
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To march in a line.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A line or wire on which papers are placed in order; the papers so placed; a roll or list; a line of soldiers ranged behind one another.
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To put upon a file; to arrange in an orderly manner; to put among the records of a court; to bring before a court.
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To march in a file.
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A steel instrument with sharpedged furrows for smoothing or rasping metals, etc.
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To cut or smooth with, or as with a file.
By Daniel Lyons
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Steel instrument for smoothing metals, &c.
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To cut or smooth with a file.
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To march in file.
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To put upon a file.
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Wire on which papers are stuck; bundle of arranged papers; list; line of soldiers behind one another.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cut or sharpen with a file.
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A hard steel abrading instrument.
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To put on file, as papers.
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To march in file, as soldiers.
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Any device to keep papers in order for reference.
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A collection of papers arranged for reference.
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A row of men standing or marching one behind another.
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A roll; list.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A line or wire on which papers are strung; the papers so strung or otherwise arranged in order; a bundle of papers tied together, with the title of each indorsed; a list or catalogue; a row of soldiers ranged one behind another, from front to rear.
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A well-known steel instrument with little furrows on the surface, used in cutting or smoothing metals, ivory, or wood; a polishing apparatus.
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To string or to fasten as papers, on a line or wire for preservation; to arrange papers in a bundle and in order; to present or exhibit officially or for trial.
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To smooth or cut, as with a file; to correct.
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To march in a file or line, as soldiers. To file off, to wheel off by files and march in length. Rank and file, the common soldiers; a body of men under leaders.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A line or wire on which papers are strung for preservation and reference; the number of papers so strung; a bundle of papers tied and titled; a row of soldiers ranged one behind the other, but, generally speaking, two soldiers, the front and rear-rank men.
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To fasten together, as paper on a wire for preservation; to place officially among the records of a court.
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A well-known steel tool with a toothed or ridged surface for reducing, smoothing, or cutting any article made of a metal.
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To rub or smooth with a file; to wear off by friction.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] An orderly succession; a line; a row of soldiers ranged behind one another;—an orderly collection of papers arranged for preservation and ready reference; also, the line, wire, or other contrivance by which papers are put and kept in order.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] A steel instrument having the surface covered with sharp-edged furrows, used for abrading or smoothing other substances.
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