Tra từ file - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

file UK US [faɪl] noun [ files ]

CONTAINER

1. <E > countable or uncountable any of several different types of container used to store papers, letters and other documents in an ordered way, especially in an office
• a box/envelope file
• secret/confidential/personnel files
• You'll find it in the files under 'C'.
• We keep your records on file for five years.
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Thesaurus⁺: ↑Office equipment ↑Communicating by telephone ↑Paper and stationery

• I've lost a file containing a lot of important documents.
• I deleted the file by accident.
• In 1982, the management ordered the deletion of all computer files on this subject.
• I've reorganized my files so that I can easily find what I'm looking for.
• Make a file for these documents and write 'finance' on the tab.

WRITTEN RECORD
2. <E > countable written records that are kept about a particular person or subject
• The police have opened a file on local burglaries.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Information and messages

COMPUTER
3. <E > countable information stored on a computer as one unit with one name
• What's the file name?
• I'm going to copy/save this file.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Computer concepts

LINE
4. countable or uncountable a long line of people or animals, one behind another
• They were horrified to see files of ants marching through the kitchen.
• They walked in (single) file (= one behind another).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Things collected in lines or rings

TOOL
5. countable a thin flat or rounded metal tool, which has rough surfaces for rubbing wooden or metal objects to make them smooth or to change their shape
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Thesaurus⁺: ↑Tools ↑Gardening tools ↑Carpentry and joinery

verb

STORE/RECORD INFORMATION

1. <E > transitive to store information in a careful and particular way
• We file these reports (= put them in a file) under country of origin.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Office practices ↑Classifying and creating order
2. <E > transitive legal to officially record something, especially in a law court
• The police filed charges against the two suspects.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Court cases, orders and decisions
3. transitive News reporters file a story by sending it to their office, usually by telephone, email or other electronic method
• Our foreign correspondent filed this report earlier today.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑The press and news reporting

• If you wish to take the matter further, you can file charges against him.
• Two of the directors have filed a lawsuit against their former employer.
• She's filing a petition for divorce.
• Please file these documents with the others.
• All the folders have been carefully numbered and filed away.

WALK IN A LINE

4. intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to walk in a line, one behind another
• The visitors filed through the entrance to the ticket offices.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Walking and walkers

TOOL

5. intransitive + adverb or preposition transitive to use a file in order to make an object smooth or to change its shape
• File (down) the sharp edges.
• + object + adjective The surface had been filed smooth.
• She filed her nails.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Making things more or less smooth or straight
Phrasal Verb: file for something