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- Dictionaryarchive/ˈɑːkʌɪv/
noun
- 1. a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people: "source materials in local archives" Similar
verb
- 1. place or store (something) in an archive.
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ARCHIVE definition: 1. a collection of historical records relating to a place, organization, or family: 2. a place…. Learn more.
The meaning of ARCHIVE is a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved; also : the material preserved —often used in plural. How to use archive in a sentence.
ARCHIVE meaning: 1. a collection of historical records relating to a place, organization, or family: 2. a place…. Learn more.
Archive definition: documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.. See examples of ARCHIVE used in a sentence.
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. [1] [2] Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the history and function of that person or organization.
An archive is a collection of older things — documents, books, movies, or something else — that's meant to preserve them. Archives tell us about history.
The archive or archives are a collection of documents and records that contain historical information. You can also use archives to refer to the place where archives are stored.
noun. /ˈɑːkaɪv/ /ˈɑːrkaɪv/ (also archives [plural]) a collection of historical documents or records of a government, a family, a place or an organization; the place where these records are stored. the National Sound Archive. archive film. The BBC's archives are bulging with material. Extra Examples. Topics History c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary
a collection of documents, esp. a historical collection of written or printed material, nowadays including audio recordings and visual material. Examples: archives of their ancient records, 1645; a living archive in that business, 1865; the universities, archives of all the errors of the age, 1878.
a collection of historical documents that provides information about the past, or a place where they are kept: the national archives. a place on a computer used to store information or documents that you do not need to use often. archive. verb [ T ] uk / ˈɑːkaɪv / us. to store paper or electronic documents in an archive.
