Synonyms for files
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : faɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for files Other synonyms for the word files
- abrade
- alphabetize
- arrange
- burnish
- cabinet
- catalog
- catalogue
- categorize
- census
- charts
- circular file
- classify
- deposit
- docket
- document
- documents
- echelon
- erode
- finish
- furbish
- grate
- index
- level
- notebook
- parade
- pigeonhole
- polish
- portfolio
- rank
- rasp
- raze
- record
- refine
- register
- repository
- row
- scrape
- shape
- sharpen
- slot
- smooth
- string
- tabulate
- tier
- troop
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for files
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