How do you use the word "file" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "file" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "file": In which folder did you save the file? Correct the mistake and return the file to Mr Luxemburg.

File Meaning

/faɪl/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA collection of papers collated and archived together.

nounA roll or list.

Sentence Examples

In which folder did you save the file?

Correct the mistake and return the file to Mr Luxemburg.

They questioned the accuracy of the information in the file.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Antonyms:

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CEFR Practice Quiz

I cannot open this email attachment because the ____ is corrupted.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Please make sure to save a backup of the important ____ before you close the editing software.

Word Origin & History

From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"It is upon a file with the duke's other letters." — c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

"We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you learn to help yourself" — 1968 April 5, Paul Simon, “Mrs. Robinson”, in Bookends, performed by Simon & Garfunkel:

"a file of all the gentry" — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

"Let me resume the file of my narration." — 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers:

"The Nonfiction Vertical File: […]I spent my university years working in the library at the Maritime School of Social Work. One of my responsibilities was to keep the library's vertical file up to date. The vertical file was a cabinet full of current newspaper and magazine clippings on topics of interest to the students and faculty of the school." — 2010, Beth Critchley Charlton, Englaging the DisEngaged, page 71:

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