Meanings
nounsingle file (usually uncountable, plural single files)
plural single files
- uncountableusuallyA line or queue one person wide.
They walked in a single file.
1 more example
The religious figures were walking in single file in a group of 34 along the roadside when the bronze Isuzu ploughed through them […]
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adjectivesingle file (not comparable)
- not comparableOne person wide.
Single file traffic
1 more example
They walked in a single file line.
adverbsingle file (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a line or queue one person wide.
They walked single file.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan en fila índia
- en fila índialine or queue one person wide
Chinese Mandarin 魚貫而行 /鱼贯而行
- 魚貫而行 /鱼贯而行 (yúguàn‘érxíng)line or queue one person wide
Esperanto anservice
- anserviceline or queue one person wide
French file indienne, queue leu leu
- file indienneTranslations
- queue leu leuline or queue one person wide
- file indienneline or queue one person wide
German Gänsemarsch
- GänsemarschTranslations
Italian fila indiana, fila indiana
- fila indianaTranslations
- fila indianaline or queue one person wide
Māori haukaiwahine, haukaiwahine
- haukaiwahineTranslations
- haukaiwahineTranslations
- haukaiwahineline or queue one person wide
Portuguese fila indiana, fila indiana
- fila indianaTranslations
- fila indianaline or queue one person wide
Romanian șir indian
- șir indianTranslations
Russian друг за другом, гусько́м
- друг за другом (drug za drúgom)line or queue one person wide
- гусько́м (gusʹkóm)line or queue one person wide
Spanish fila india, fila india
- fila indiaTranslations
- fila indialine or queue one person wide
Turkish tekli sıra, tekli
- tekli sıraTranslations
- tekliTranslations
- tek şeritliTranslations
- tek sıra halindeline or queue one person wide
Cite this entry
APA
single file. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20file
MLA
“single file.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20file. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single file,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20file.
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