ALL meanings of on file
on fi·lé
O o - adverb on file in official documents 1
- noun on file a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference. 1
- noun on file a collection of papers, records, etc., arranged in convenient order: to make a file for a new account. 1
- noun on file Computers. a collection of related data or program records stored on some input/output or auxiliary storage medium: This program's main purpose is to update the customer master file. 1
- noun on file a line of persons or things arranged one behind another (distinguished from rank1 (def 10.)). 1
- noun on file Military. a person in front of or behind another in a military formation. one step on a promotion list. 1
- noun on file one of the vertical lines of squares on a chessboard. 1
- noun on file a list or roll. 1
- noun on file a string or wire on which papers are strung for preservation and reference. 1
- verb with object on file to place in a file. 1
- verb with object on file to arrange (papers, records, etc.) in convenient order for storage or reference. 1
- verb with object on file Journalism. to arrange (copy) in the proper order for transmittal by wire. to transmit (copy), as by wire or telephone: He filed copy from Madrid all through the war. 1
- verb without object on file to march in a file or line, one after another, as soldiers: The parade filed past endlessly. 1
- verb without object on file to make application: to file for a civil-service job. 1
- idioms on file on file, arranged in order for convenient reference; in a file: The names are on file in the office. 1
- noun on file recorded or catalogued for reference, as in a file 0
- noun on file (kept) in or as in a file for reference 0