archive

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑːkaɪv/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑrkaɪv/
• enPR: är'kīv'

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Noun

Singular archive

Plural archives

1. (countable) An archive is a collection of historical information, usually kept for people in the future to see.

   The police keeps an archive of the files of the criminals.

Verb

Plain form archive

Third-person singular archives

Past tense archived

Past participle archived

Present participle archiving

1. When you archive something, you store and preserve it for people in the future to see. A person who archives things as a job is known as an archivist.

   I just archived my family's photo collection so that we can see it in the future.

Related words

• archival
• archivist