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- DictionaryFile/fīl/
noun
- 1. a folder or box for holding loose papers that are typically arranged in a particular order for easy reference: "a file of correspondence"
verb
- 1. place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order for preservation and easy reference: "the contract, when signed, is filed"
FILE meaning: 1. any of several different types of container used to store papers, letters, and other documents…. Learn more.
File definition: a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.. See examples of FILE used in a sentence.
Definition of file noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed) (intransitive) To move in a file. The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
That file is a record of related information that you can look up by a name. That metaphor works for computers. They store information electronically instead of on paper, but that digital record is organized in one place and can be looked up by the file name.
A collection of bytes stored as an individual entity on every computer-based mobile or desktop device. A file is the common denominator of storage.
noun. us / fɑɪl/ Add to word list. A2. a collection of information stored electronically: Do you want to download these files? A2. a box or folded piece of thick paper used to store documents: files full of personal papers. a small tool with a rough edge that is used to make a surface smooth: a nail file. file. verb. us / fɑɪl/
