file
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 →
2) A file is a folder or box for keeping papers in order. tree →
3) A file is a metal tool for making things smooth: a nail file. tree →
4) To file is to put papers away in order, or to smooth with a file. tree →
5) In single file means in a line, one behind another. tree →
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 →
- He deleted 9 files. tree →
- He has 15 apps and 9 files left. tree →
- How many more files than apps did he delete? tree →
- Save the file before you close it. tree →
- The teacher keeps our work in a file. tree →
- Walk in single file along the narrow path. tree →
- Mum used a nail file to smooth her nail. tree →
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.
- The three march off in single file.
- Computers keep a history of files, so «the computer deleted it» is easy to check.
- Targeted ads are chosen for you from what you look at online; cookies are small files that help websites track you.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «file» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.