Topic: TOOLS
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Sense: 1-3, 5
| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | fil 'thread', from Latin filum (because documents were stored on pieces of string). |
| Origin: | Old English feol |
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file1 S1 W2
[countable]
[countable]1 a set of papers, records etc that contain information about a particular person or subject
2 a box or piece of folded card in which you store loose papers : She pulled a blue file from the shelf.
She pulled a blue file from the shelf.3TD information on a computer that you store under a particular name COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
open a file close a file save a file create a file delete a file copy a file access a file edit a file (=make changes to it) download a file (=make a copy of a file on the hard disk of your computer) text/data/graphics file (=containing text etc)
COLLOCATIONS open a file close a file save a file create a file delete a file copy a file access a file edit a file (=make changes to it) download a file (=make a copy of a file on the hard disk of your computer) text/data/graphics file (=containing text etc)
5 a line of people who are standing or walking one behind the other
