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fila — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • course noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  • file noun A collection of related documents or data stored together, whether on paper or on a computer.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • queue noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
  • rank noun A person's position or level in a hierarchy, such as in the military or an organisation.
  • row noun A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.
  • string noun A thin cord or length of twisted thread, or a similar thin, flexible strand.

Senses

fila is used for these senses in English:

  • course (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
  • file A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
  • line A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]
  • queue A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  • row A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
  • string A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
  • string (countable) A series of items or events.

course — full definition

  1. noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  2. noun The path or direction that something (like a ship, plane, river, or plan of action) follows.
  3. noun One of the separate parts of a meal, served one after another.
  4. verb To flow or move quickly, especially of liquid.

file — full definition

  1. noun A collection of related documents or data stored together, whether on paper or on a computer.
  2. verb To submit official paperwork or a formal request to an office or authority.
  3. noun A line of people or things arranged one behind another.
  4. noun A metal tool with a rough, ridged surface used to smooth or shape hard materials.
  5. verb To smooth, shape, or wear down something using a file.

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