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Definitions for Files

[1] a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
[2] a collection of papers, records, etc., arranged in convenient order: to make a file for a new account.
[3] Computers . a collection of related data or program records stored on some input/output or auxiliary storage medium: This program's main purpose is to update the customer master file.
[4] a line of persons or things arranged one behind another (distinguished from rank1def 10 ).
[5] Military . a person in front of or behind another in a military formation. one step on a promotion list.
[6] one of the vertical lines of squares on a chessboard.
[7] a list or roll.
[8] a string or wire on which papers are strung for preservation and reference.
[9] to place in a file.
[10] to arrange (papers, records, etc.) in convenient order for storage or reference.
[11] Journalism . to arrange (copy) in the proper order for transmittal by wire. to transmit (copy), as by wire or telephone: He filed copy from Madrid all through the war.
[12] to march in a file or line, one after another, as soldiers: The parade filed past endlessly.
[13] to make application: to file for a civil-service job.
[14] on file , arranged in order for convenient reference; in a file: The names are on file in the office.
[15] a long, narrow tool of steel or other metal having a series of ridges or points on its surfaces for reducing or smoothing surfaces of metal, wood, etc.
[16] a small, similar tool for trimming and cleaning fingernails; nail file.
[17] British Slang . a cunning, shrewd, or artful person.
[18] to reduce, smooth, or remove with or as if with a file.
[19] to defile; corrupt.
[20] a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
[21] a folder, box, etc, used to keep documents or other items in order
[22] the documents, etc, kept in this way
[23] documents or information about a specific subject, person, etc we have a file on every known thief
[24] an orderly line or row
[25] a line of people in marching formation, one behind another Compare rank 1 (def. 6)
[26] any of the eight vertical rows of squares on a chessboard
[27] computing a named collection of information, in the form of text, programs, graphics, etc, held on a permanent storage device such as a magnetic disk
[28] obsolete a list or catalogue
[29] Canadian a group of problems or responsibilities, esp in government, associated with a particular topic the environment file
[30] on file recorded or catalogued for reference, as in a file
[31] to place (a document, letter, etc) in a file
[32] (tr) to put on record, esp to place (a legal document) on public or official record; register
[33] (tr) to bring (a suit, esp a divorce suit) in a court of law
[34] (tr) to submit (copy) to a newspaper or news agency
[35] (intr) to march or walk in a file or files the ants filed down the hill
[36] a hand tool consisting essentially of a steel blade with small cutting teeth on some or all of its faces. It is used for shaping or smoothing metal, wood, etc
[37] rare , British slang a cunning or deceitful person
[38] (tr) to shape or smooth (a surface) with a file
[39] (tr) obsolete to pollute or defile

Words related to Files

filecase, information, dossier, list, notebook, record, book, directory, folder, data, column, register, enter, index, repository, pigeonhole, cabinet, census, portfolio, docket

Words nearby Files

filefilatov flap, filature, filbert, filch, filchner ice shelf, file, file band, file card, file clerk, file extension, file folder

Origin of Files

é1800–10, Americanism ; < Louisiana French; literally, twisted, ropy, stringy (perhaps orig. applied to dishes thickened with the powder), past participle of French filer; see file1

Words that may be confused with Files

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, filefile, phial

Other words from Files

file·a·ble , adjective
fil·er , noun
non·fil·er , noun
file·a·ble , adjective
fil·er , noun

Word origin for Files

Old English fӯlan ; related to Middle Low German vülen ; see defile 1 , filth , foul

Synonyms for Files

book, case, data, directory, dossier, folder, information, list, notebook, record, cabinet, census, charts, docket, documents, index, pigeonhole, portfolio, register, repository, circular file