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# file

«file» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of information kept together on a computer, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (file, files); verb (file, files, filed, filing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A file is a set of information kept together on a computer, like a picture or a document. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#m1)

2) A file is a folder or box for keeping papers in order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#m2)

3) A file is a metal tool for making things smooth: a nail file. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#m3)

4) To file is to put papers away in order, or to smooth with a file. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#m4)

5) In single file means in a line, one behind another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted on a phone or computer, next to apps; files are deleted or downloaded; in school, children walk in single file; phrases: «save a file», «delete a file», «open a file», «single file», «nail file»

### examples

- Dave had 24 files on his phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x1)
- He deleted 9 files. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x2)
- He has 15 apps and 9 files left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x3)
- How many more files than apps did he delete? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x4)
- Save the file before you close it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x5)
- The teacher keeps our work in a file. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x6)
- Walk in single file along the narrow path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x7)
- Mum used a nail file to smooth her nail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/#x8)

### note

Countable: a file, files. A thing counted. «delete» takes away. Trap: apps and files are counted apart.

### In the corpora

- [A snail eats with a ribbon covered in thousands of tiny teeth that scrapes food like a file.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/13/)
- [The three march off in single file.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/6/)
- [Computers keep a history of files, so «the computer deleted it» is easy to check.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/13/)
- [Targeted ads are chosen for you from what you look at online; cookies are small files that help websites track you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «file» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/file/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.