word-vault

{ "term": "file", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "image": "data/images/st/stationery.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a box or folded piece of card for keeping loose papers together and in order", "sensetop": "in a file", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a box file" }, { "text": "A stack of files awaited me on my desk." }, { "text": "I keep paper copies of all my invoices in this file.", "contextForm": "in a file" }, { "text": "She closed the file and put it aside." }, { "text": "She went to the filing cabinet and took out a file." }, { "text": "Some files and papers were taken away by the investigators." }, { "text": "In those days, most of us were perfectly happy to keep contact information in desktop card files." }, { "text": "Previously all reports were held in paper files." }, { "text": "six box files bulging with notes" }, { "text": "He brings out a cardboard file full of photographs." }, { "text": "a lever arch file" } ], "topics": ["Working life"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["bulging", "bulky", "thick"], "… of files": ["box", "stack"], "verb + file": ["have", "keep", "maintain"], "file + verb": ["contain something"], "file + noun": ["cabinet", "drawer", "folder"], "preposition": ["in a/the file", "on file", "file on"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **create/delete/download/upload a file**" }, { "text": "to **open/access/copy/save a file**" }, { "text": "a/an **PDF/audio/text/image file**" }, { "text": "The service converts **video files** from one format to another." }, { "text": "You can transfer and edit files on your smartphone." }, { "text": "The media player supports a wide variety of **file formats**." }, { "text": "Working online eliminates the need to download massive files before working on them." }, { "text": "This feature lets you upload video files to the app." }, { "text": "You can drag and drop files onto your desktop." }, { "text": "All you need to do is unzip the file into a folder." }, { "text": "All these files are stored in the same folder." }, { "text": "Delete temporary files and folders." }, { "text": "Send your application as a PDF file via email." }, { "text": "music files stored on USB" }, { "text": "You can open, save and convert PowerPoint files." }, { "text": "The app is great for accessing files stored in the cloud." }, { "text": "Right-click a file, series of files, or a folder and select ‘Compress’." }, { "text": "how to recover deleted files" }, { "text": "Data has been deleted from this file." }, { "text": "to create a backup file" }, { "text": "You need a special password to access this file." }, { "text": "This is a must for fast file transfers." }, { "text": "The sync time from your local folder to the cloud depends on file size." } ], "topics": ["Computers"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["large", "computer", "digital"], "… of files": ["directory", "list", "set"], "verb + file": ["create", "download", "upload"], "file + verb": ["contain something"], "file + noun": ["name", "format", "size"], "preposition": ["in a/the file"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a file and the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject", "sensetop": "on filefile on somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The film is based on real FBI case files." }, { "text": "secret police files" }, { "text": "I made a note in his personal file." }, { "text": "Your application will be kept on file *(= in a file, to be used later)*.", "contextForm": "on file" }, { "text": "to have/open/keep a confidential file on somebody", "contextForm": "file on somebody" }, { "text": "Police have reopened the file *(= have started collecting information again)* on the missing girl." }, { "text": "He had compiled a file of largely circumstantial evidence." }, { "text": "I'll check the files for any information on the case." }, { "text": "It is important to update customer files." }, { "text": "Personnel files are kept in secure storage." }, { "text": "She was threatened with the placement of a disciplinary letter in her personnel file." }, { "text": "The company keeps secret files on all its employees." }, { "text": "All the details of the transaction are on file." }, { "text": "They had it on file that he'd applied for a loan." }, { "text": "The company has more than 4,000 experts on file who can be consulted depending on a client's requirements." }, { "text": "The details of the incident will be entered into the file." }, { "text": "The file on the murder was closed five years ago." }, { "text": "The police already have a thick file on that family." }, { "text": "The work involves preparing case files and attending court." }, { "text": "Henry was a victim of so much abuse that it actually brought tears to my eyes when reading his case file." }, { "text": "A file on the incident was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions." }, { "text": "He thought they were monitoring his emails, building a file on him." }, { "text": "She discovered the KGB had a file on her." }, { "text": "the information contained in the police files" }, { "text": "the information held in this file" }, { "text": "The police were accused of keeping secret files on political activists." }, { "text": "Confidential files on clients are kept for a maximum of three years." }, { "text": "He had prepared a file containing all the evidence." }, { "text": "Exactly what information is kept in these files?" }, { "text": "Hospitals would not allow patients access to their own case files." }, { "text": "It's all in your medical files." }, { "text": "According to intelligence files, he was suspected of being a spy." }, { "text": "According to my files, this invoice has not been paid." }, { "text": "Please add this document to your files." }, { "text": "It's important to update your files regularly." }, { "text": "Some of the files had gone missing." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["bulging", "bulky", "thick"], "… of files": ["box", "stack"], "verb + file": ["have", "keep", "maintain"], "file + verb": ["contain something"], "file + noun": ["cabinet", "drawer", "folder"], "preposition": ["in a/the file", "on file", "file on"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a number of issues and responsibilities connected with a particular government policy area", "labels": "(Canadian English)", "examples": [ { "text": "The politician's handling of flood, infrastructure and education files has been questioned." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting or shaping hard substances or for making them smooth", "examples": [ { "text": "Use a file to smooth the edge." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a line of people or things, one behind the other", "sensetop": "in file", "examples": [ { "text": "They set off in file behind the teacher.", "contextForm": "in file" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(in) one line, one behind the other", "examples": [ { "text": "They made their way in single file along the cliff path." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/faɪl/", "audio": "fi/file/file__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/faɪl/", "audio": "fi/file/file__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘string documents on a thread or wire to keep them in order’): from French filer ‘to string’, fil ‘a thread’, both from Latin filum ‘a thread’. Compare with file ‘line’. noun sense 5 late 16th cent.: from French file, from filer ‘to string’. noun sense 4 Old English fīl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijl and German Feile." }