Synonyms for FILE
fɪˈleɪ, ˈfi leɪfile

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1. file

   Synonyms:
   rasp, polish, smooth, finish, perfect, improve, refine

   Antonyms:
   roughen, jag, denticulate, acuminate, barb, cusp, notch

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1. file, data filenoun

   a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

   Synonyms:
   data file, file cabinet, filing cabinet, single file, file

2. file, single file, Indian filenoun

   a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

   Synonyms:
   data file, file cabinet, filing cabinet, single file, file

3. file, file cabinet, filing cabinetnoun

   office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

   Synonyms:
   data file, file cabinet, filing cabinet, single file, file

4. fileverb

   a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal

   Synonyms:
   data file, file cabinet, filing cabinet, single file

5. file, registerverb

   record in a public office or in a court of law

   "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"

   Synonyms:
   charge, lodge, show, file, register, cross-file, read, record, file away

6. fileverb

   smooth with a file

   "file one's fingernails"

   Synonyms:
   file away, charge, lodge, register

7. fileverb

   proceed in line

   "The students filed into the classroom"

   Synonyms:
   file away, charge, lodge, register

8. charge, lodge, fileverb

   file a formal charge against

   "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, file away, excite, stick, bear down, consign, blame, register, commove, commit, burden, agitate, appoint, load, point, level, rouse, file, saddle, shoot down, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, bill, deposit, institutionalize, turn on, charge, buck, charge up, shoot, tear, wedge, send

9. file, file awayverb

   place in a container for keeping records

   "File these bills, please"

   Synonyms:
   archive, file away, file, charge, lodge, register

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1. filenoun

   Synonyms:
   RASP

2. filenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) row (of soldiers ranged one behind another), line, column

3. filenoun

   Synonyms:
   bundle of papers

4. fileverb

   Synonyms:
   rasp

5. fileverb

   Synonyms:
   place on file

6. fileverb

   Synonyms:
   smooth, polish

7. fileverb

   Synonyms:
   march in a file

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1. filenoun

   Synonyms:
   line, row, rasp, quannet

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1. List of paraphrases for "file":

   files, dossier, archive, record, roster, archiving, produce, docket, records, archives, submit, deposit, archival, bank, filing, fichier, case, case-file, lodge, file, archivos, filename, issue, matter, folder, numérico

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How to use FILE in a sentence?

1. Carl Lipo:

   The issue of water availability (or the lack of it) has often been mentioned by researchers who work on Rapa Nui/Easter Island, when we started to examine the details of the hydrology, we began to notice that freshwater access and statue location were tightly linked together. It wasnt obvious when walking around--with the water emerging at the coast during low tide, one doesnt necessarily see obvious indications of water. File photo - Statues at Anakena Beach, Easter Island, Chile. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Places without ahu/moai showed no freshwater, he added. The pattern was striking and surprising in how consistent it was. Researchers had already identified groundwater discharge in coastal areas as a key factor in the statues placement on Easter Islands coast. In the latest stage of the research, experts examined how the availability of freshwater in certain areas was linked to the methods and means of building the statues. EASTER ISLANDS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WAS NOT DESTROYED BY WARFARE, EXPERTS SAY Around 900 statues, or moai, are dotted around Easter Island. Circa 1955: Two ancient statues of uncertain origin on Easter Island, in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Richard Harrington/Three Lions/Getty Images).

2. Norman Seabrook:

   If you take a toothbrush and file it down to a sharpened point, a brand new correction officer doesn't have experience with weaponry in a jail system to identify that and they can overlook that.

3. Andy McCarthy:

   What matters is whether there is activity in the investigation, the technical matter of whether an office file is opened or closed is of no importance—the only thing that matters is are prosecutors actively investigating and is the grand jury collecting new evidence.

4. Fode Oussou Fofana:

   We were convinced that whatever the evidence we offered, the Constitutional Court was not going to take it into account. That's why we refused to file a complaint.

5. Cory Booker:

   You were endorsed by the largest organization of rank and file police officers.