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• a box file
• a stack of files awaited me on my desk.
• i keep paper copies of all my invoices in this file.
• to create/delete/download/upload a file

file

1. a box or folded piece of card for keeping loose papers together and in order
• a box file
• A stack of files awaited me on my desk.
• I keep paper copies of all my invoices in this file.

Extra Examples

• She closed the file and put it aside.
• She went to the filing cabinet and took out a file.
• Some files and papers were taken away by the investigators.
• In those days, most of us were perfectly happy to keep contact information in desktop card files.
• Previously all reports were held in paper files.
• six box files bulging with notes
• He brings out a cardboard file full of photographs.
• a lever arch file
2. a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name
• SEE ALSO PDF
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pdf
• to create/delete/download/upload a file
• to open/access/copy/save a file
• a/an PDF/audio/text/image file
• The service converts video files from one format to another.
• You can transfer and edit files on your smartphone.
• The media player supports a wide variety of file formats.

Extra Examples

• Every file on the same disk must have a different name.
• Working online eliminates the need to download massive files before working on them.
• This feature lets you upload video files to the app.
• You can drag and drop files onto your desktop.
• All you need to do is unzip the file into a folder.
• All these files are stored in the same folder.
• Delete temporary files and folders.
• Send your application as a PDF file via email.
• music files stored on USB
• You can open, save and convert PowerPoint files.
• The app is great for accessing files stored in the cloud.
• Right-click a file, series of files, or a folder and select ‘Compress’.
• how to recover deleted files
• Data has been deleted from this file.
• to create a backup file
• You need a special password to access this file.
• This is a must for fast file transfers.
• The sync time from your local folder to the cloud depends on file size.
3. a file and the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject
• The film is based on real FBI case files.
• secret police files
• I made a note in his personeel file.
• Your application will be kept on file (= in a file, to be used later).
• to have/open/keep a confidential file on somebody
• Police have reopened the file (= have started collecting information again) on the missing girl.

Extra Examples

• He had compiled a file of largely circumstantial evidence.
• I'll check the files for any information on the case.
• It is important to update customer files.
• Personnel files are kept in secure storage.
• She was threatened with the placement of a disciplinary letter in her personnel file.
• The company keeps secret files on all its employees.
• All the details of the transaction are on file.
• They had it on file that he'd applied for a loan.
• The company has more than 4,000 experts on file who can be consulted depending on a client's requirements.
• The details of the incident will be entered into the file.
• The file on the murder was closed five years ago.
• The police already have a thick file on that family.
• The work involves preparing case files and attending court.
• Henry was a victim of so much abuse that it actually brought tears to my eyes when reading his case file.
• A file on the incident was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
• He thought they were monitoring his emails, building a file on him.
• She discovered the KGB had a file on her.
• the information contained in the police files
• the information held in this file
• The police were accused of keeping secret files on political activists.
• Confidential files on clients are kept for a maximum of three years.
• He had prepared a file containing all the evidence.
• Exactly what information is kept in these files?
• Hospitals would not allow patients access to their own case files.
• It's all in your medical files.
• According to intelligence files, he was suspected of being a spy.
• According to my files, this invoice has not been paid.
• Please add this document to your files.
• It's important to update your files regularly.
• Some of the files had gone missing.
4. a number of issues and responsibilities connected with a particular government policy area
• The politician's handling of flood, infrastructure and education files has been questioned.
5. a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting or shaping hard substances or for making them smooth
• SEE ALSO nail file
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nail-file
• Use a file to smooth the edge.
6. a line of people or things, one behind the other
• SEE ALSO rank and file
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-rank-and-file
• They set off in file behind the teacher.
7. (in) one line, one behind the other
• They made their way in single file along the cliff path.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘string documents on a thread or wire to keep them in order’): from French filer ‘to string’, fil ‘a thread’, both from Latin filum ‘a thread’. Compare with file ‘line’. noun sense 5 late 16th cent.: from French file, from filer ‘to string’. noun sense 4 Old English fīl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijl and German Feile.