Từ điển trực tuyến

file

US: /ˈfaɪɫ/

English Vietnamese dictionary

file /fail/

danh từ
- cái giũa
- (từ lóng) thằng cha láu cá, thằng cha quay quắt
  - a deep (an old) file: thằng cha quay quắt
- to bite (gnaw) file
  - lấy thúng úp voi; lấy gậy chọc trời

ngoại động từ
- giũa
  - to file one's finger nails: giũa móng tay
  - to file something: giũa nhãn vật gì
- gọt giũa
  - to file a sentence: gọt giũa một câu văn

danh từ
- ô đựng tài liêu, hồ sơ; dây thép móc hồ sơ
  - a bill file; a spike file: cái móc giấy
- hồ sơ, tài liệu
- tập báo (xếp theo thứ tự)

ngoại động từ
- sắp xếp, sắp đặt (giấy má, thư từ...)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đệ trình đưa ra (một văn kiện...), đưa (đơn...)

danh từ
- hàng, dãy (người, vật)
- (quân sự) hàng quân
  - to march in file: đi hàng đôi
  - in single (Indian) file: thành hành một
- connecting file
  - liên lạc viên
- a file of men
  - (quân sự) nhóm công tác hai người
- the rank and file
  - (xem) rank

ngoại động từ
- cho đi thành hàng

nội động từ
- đi thành hàng
- to file away
  - (như) to file off
- to file in
  - đi vào từng người một, đi vào thành hàng một, nối đuôi nhau đi vào
- to file off
  - kéo đi thành hàng nối đuôi nhau
- to file out
  - đi ra từng người một, đi ra thành hàng một, nối đuôi nhau đi ra

Advanced English dictionary

noun, verb
+ noun
1 a box or folded piece of card, often with a wire or metal rod, for keeping loose papers together and in order: a box file + A stack of files awaited me on my desk.
2 a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name: to access / copy / create / delete / save a file + Every file on the same disk must have a different name.
3 ~ (on sb) a file and the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject: secret police files + to have / open / keep a confidential file on sb + Your application will be kept on file (= in a file, to be used later). + Police have reopened the file (= have started collecting information again) on the missing girl.
4 a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting or shaping hard substances or for making them smooth
See also - NAIL FILE
5 a line of people or things, one behind the other: They set off in file behind the teacher.
Idioms: (in) Indian / single file (in) one line, one behind the other: They made their way in single file along the cliff path.
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (away) to put and keep documents, etc. in a particular place and in a particular order so that you can find them easily; to put a document into a file: The forms should be filed alphabetically. + I filed the letters away in a drawer. + Please file it in my 'Research' file.
2 ~ (for sth) (law) to present sth so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with: [V] to file for divorce / bankruptcy + [VN] to file a claim / a complaint / a petition / a lawsuit [also V to inf]
3 [VN] (of a journalist) to send a report or a story to your employer
4 [V +adv./prep.] to walk in a line of people, one after the other, in a particular direction: The doors of the museum opened and the visitors began to file in.
5 [VN] ~ sth (away / down, etc.) to cut or shape sth or make sth smooth using a file: to file your nails

Thesaurus dictionary

1 document, documentation, dossier, case, data, folder, portfolio, information:

Interpol has files on Cowdery's activities going back ten years.

2 line, queue, column, row, rank:

The file of armoured vehicles stretched for miles.

3 classify, organize, systematize, categorize, alphabetize, chronologize, order, arrange, pigeon-hole, interfile, put or place in order, register, record, enter:

Must all this correspondence be filed today?

4 submit, send in, complete, fill in or US and Canadian also fill out, enter:

I have already filed my application for a transfer.

5 walk, march, troop, parade:

Please file into the classroom and take your seats.

Collocation dictionary

¹ put sth in a file

ADV.

carefully | alphabetically | away

These notes should be carefully filed away for future reference.

PREP.

under

The card is filed alphabetically under the name of the editor.

² record sth officially

ADV.

formally

He has now formally filed a complaint against the police.

PREP.

for

to file for bankruptcy/divorce

| with

A copy of the notice must be filed with the court.

³ walk in line

ADV.

silently | out, past

The long line of mourners filed silently past.

PREP.

in, into, out of, past, through

Concise English dictionary

files|filed|filingfaɪl
noun
+a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
+a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
+office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
+a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
verb
+record in a public office or in a court of law
+smooth with a file
+proceed in line
+file a formal charge against
+place in a container for keeping records