I.
noun
1 collection of papers
ADJECTIVE
▪ bulging , bulky ( BrE ), thick
▪ box ( BrE ), card , lever-arch ( BrE ), Manila , paper
▪
six box ~s bulging with notes
▪ official
▪ confidential , personal , secret
▪ detailed
▪ case
▪
The work involves preparing case ~s and attending court.
▪ information
▪ client , customer , personnel
▪ court , newspaper , office , police , security
▪ medical
… OF FILES
▪ box , stack
▪
A stack of ~s awaited me on my desk.
VERB + FILE
▪ have , keep , maintain
▪
The company keeps secret ~s on all its employees.
▪
Personnel ~s are kept in secure storage.
▪ keep sth on
▪
Your application will be kept on ~ (= kept for possible future use) .
▪ collate , compile , prepare
▪
He had compiled a ~ of largely circumstantial evidence.
▪ enter sth into ( esp. BrE )
▪
The details of the incident will be entered into the ~.
▪ open
▪
The police have opened a ~ on the case.
▪ close
▪
The ~ on the murder was closed five years ago.
▪
She closed the ~ and put it aside.
▪ reopen
▪
Police have reopened the ~ on the missing girl.
▪ review
▪ update
▪
It is important to update customer ~s.
▪ pull , pull out , remove , take out
▪
She went to the filing cabinet and took out a ~.
▪ check , examine , go through , look at , read , scan
▪
I'll check the ~s for any information on the case.
▪ burn , destroy
FILE + VERB
▪ contain sth
FILE + NOUN
▪ cabinet , drawer (both AmE ) ( filing cabinet in BrE )
▪ folder
▪ clerk ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
the information contained in the police ~s
▪ on ~
▪
All the details of the transaction are on ~.
▪ ~ on
▪
The police already have a thick ~ on that family.
2 on a computer/disk
ADJECTIVE
▪ large
▪ computer , digital , electronic
▪ data , database , document , spreadsheet , text
▪ executable , program
▪ system
▪ audio , music , sound
▪ graphics , image
▪ multimedia
▪ video
▪ master
▪ backup
▪
to make/take a backup ~
▪ log
▪ HTML , PDF , etc.
▪ compressed , ZIP
▪ infected
▪ help
… OF FILES
▪ directory , list , set
VERB + FILE
▪ create
▪ download , upload
▪ hold sth in , store sth in
▪
the information held in this ~
▪ close , open
▪ save
▪ load
▪ install
▪ access , read , view
▪
You need a special password to access this ~.
▪ back up , copy
▪ edit , modify
▪ delete , erase
▪ delete sth from
▪
Data has been deleted from this ~.
▪ name , rename
▪ recover , retrieve
▪
how to recover deleted ~s
▪ hold , store
▪
The ~s are stored in Mac format.
▪ compress
▪ send , transfer
▪
Files are transferred between workstations.
▪ export , import
▪ share
▪ attach
▪ overwrite
▪ encrypt
FILE + VERB
▪ contain sth
FILE + NOUN
▪ name
▪ format , size
▪ server
▪ sharing
▪ system
▪ transfer
▪ extension
▪ manager
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The names and addresses are all kept in computer ~s.
II.
verb
1 put sth in a file
ADVERB
▪ alphabetically
▪ electronically
▪ mentally
▪
She mentally ~d the name away for later.
▪ away
▪
These notes should be carefully ~d away for future reference.
PREPOSITION
▪ under
▪
The card is ~d alphabetically under the name of the editor.
2 record sth officially
ADVERB
▪ formally , officially
▪
He has now formally ~d a complaint against the police.
▪ jointly
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
to ~ for bankruptcy/divorce
▪ with
▪
A copy of the notice must be ~d with the court.
3 walk in line
ADVERB
▪ silently
▪ out , past
▪
The long line of mourners ~d silently past.
PREPOSITION
▪ in , into , out of , past , through
File is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ attorney
File is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ action , ↑ appeal , ↑ application , ↑ challenge , ↑ charge , ↑ claim , ↑ complaint , ↑ document , ↑ grievance , ↑ indictment , ↑ injunction , ↑ litigation , ↑ nail , ↑ notice , ↑ objection , ↑ paper , ↑ paperwork , ↑ patent , ↑ petition , ↑ plan , ↑ record , ↑ registration , ↑ report , ↑ statement , ↑ story , ↑ suit , ↑ writ