folder

noun

fold·er | \ ˈfōl-dər

Definition of folder

1 : one that folds

2 : a folded printed circular

3a : a folded cover or large envelope for holding or filing loose papers

b : an organizational element of a computer operating system used to group files or other folders together

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Examples of folder in a Sentence

a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently

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She was seen smiling broadly and shaking hands with South Korean officials before sitting across a table and handing over a purple folder containing the condolence letter. — Washington Post, "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un sends his sister and a letter to break the ice with the South after a long silence," 12 June 2019 After sitting at a table, Kim Yo Jong placed a blue document folder in front of her. — Foster Klug, Time, "South Korean President Moon Jae-In Has Been Invited for a Meeting in North Korea," 10 Feb. 2018 Parents arrived with folders and grocery bags stuffed with birth certificates, passports, immunization records. — Nomaan Merchant, Cincinnati.com, "Hunger, fear, desperation: What came of an ordinary ICE raid in Covington," 9 July 2018 Consolidate and organize those folders and files cluttering your computer’s desktop as well. — Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, "7 small business resolutions for 2018," 3 Jan. 2018 In a demo, training an image-recognition algorithm to distinguish different flavors of ice cream was as easy as dragging and dropping a folder containing a few dozen images, and waiting a few seconds. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "Apple's Plans to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Your Phone," 6 June 2018 In the body of the email message, instruct the recipients to copy this file into the same folder on their hard drives. — Jd Sartain, PCWorld, "How to create and share custom Style Sheets in Word and PowerPoint," 8 Aug. 2018 The wristbands and tickets — worth about $800,000 before they were voided — were tucked into folders containing registration materials, said Katie Otto, development director for the California FFA Foundation. — Sonali Kohli, latimes.com, "Someone stole a trailer full of 8,000 Disney California Adventure tickets," 19 Apr. 2018 Dropbox has since deleted the offending folder and its contents. — refinery29.com, "It's Illegal, But These Marines Are Still Sharing Nudes Of Women In The Military," 10 Mar. 2018

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