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Antonyms for files

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fahyl
Phonetic Transcription : faɪl

Definition of files

Origin :
  • "to place (papers) in consecutive order for future reference," mid-15c., from Middle French filer "string documents on a wire for preservation or reference," from fil "thread, string" (12c.), from Latin filum "a thread, string," from PIE *gwhis-lom (cf. Armenian jil "sinew, string, line," Lithuanian gysla "vein, sinew," Old Church Slavonic zila "vein"), from root *gwhi- "thread, tendon." The notion is of documents hung up on a line.
  • File (filacium) is a threed or wyer, whereon writs, or other exhibits in courts, are fastened for the better keeping of them. [Cowel, "The Interpreter," 1607]
  • Methods have become more sophisticated, but the word has stuck. Related: Filed; filing.
  • noun system of order, placement for ease of use
  • noun line, queue
  • verb put in place, order
  • verb rub down, grind
Example sentences :
  • Ned is on foot patrol nights and in charge of the lab and files days.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • They looked it up in their lists and files, later on, but its terms said nothing to them.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Files for various descriptions, countersinks, frame and hack saws.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • The files for newspapers are referred to in another chapter on periodicals.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • Everywhere there were files, letter-baskets, all manner of receptacles for papers.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • He should also have small scalpels, tooth trephines, and files.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • After establishing their bearings, they took new photographs for their files.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Give them time to break an opening—their files will be nicely huddled by this.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Some tools, like files, it may be well to keep in a separate locker to be had only when asked for.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • Just get your files in order and get a landing craft down here for me.
  • Extract from : « The Native Soil » by Alan Edward Nourse

Synonyms for files

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