File Information Police Faɪl Box Secret Data Noun

• a box file
• a stack of files awaited me on my desk.
• to access/copy/create/delete/download/save a file
• every file on the same disk must have a different name.

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.
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 access/copy/create/delete/download/save a file
• Every file on the same disk must have a different name.
3. a file and the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject
• secret police files
• 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.
4. 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
5. a line of people or things, one behind the other
• They set off in file behind the teacher.
6. (in) one line, one behind the other
• They made their way in single file along the cliff path.

Extra Examples

• All the details of the transaction are on file.
• Data has been deleted from this file.
• Files are transferred between workstations.
• 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.
• Police have reopened the file on the missing girl.
• She closed the file and put it aside.
• She went to the filing cabinet and took out a file.
• The company keeps secret files on all its employees.
• The details of the incident will be entered into the file.
• The file on the murder was closed five years ago.
• The files are stored in Mac format.
• The names and addresses are all kept in computer files.
• The police already have a thick file on that family.
• The work involves preparing case files and attending court.
• You need a special password to access this file.
• Your application will be kept on file.
• deleting data from a file
• entering data into a file
• how to recover deleted files
• six box files bulging with notes
• the information contained in the police files
• the information held in this file
• to make/take a back-up file
• Confidential files on clients are kept for a maximum of three years.
• Exactly what information is kept in these files?
• He had prepared a file containing all the evidence.
• Hospitals would not allow patients access to their own case files.
• It’s important to update your files regularly.
• Please add this document to your files.
• Some of the files had gone missing.
• The police were accused of keeping secret files on political activists.
• a file folder
• a lever arch/box file

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.