1
: a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
an archive of historical manuscripts
a film archive
also
: the material preserved
—often used in plural
reading through the archives
2
: a repository or collection especially of information
archived; archiving
: to file or collect in or as if in an archive
archive documents
archived tissue samples
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Verb
The organization was devoted to cataloging and archiving printed materials on the labor movement.
She archived her e-mail messages in a folder on her hard drive.
a collection of archived articles
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The photos, which are available today in archives shared via JSTOR by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library), show an all-women team of burners, welders, and scalers at work on the cargo ship in the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Boasting terrazzo floors and skylights throughout, the place was striking enough to be captured by legendary architectural photographer Julius Shulman in the late ’50s and archived in the Getty Library catalog.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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Noun
After 30 days, permanently delete unrequested archives.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The photos, which are available today in archives shared via JSTOR by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library), show an all-women team of burners, welders, and scalers at work on the cargo ship in the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
At issue are emails Navarro sent through a personal account that were not automatically archived.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Boasting terrazzo floors and skylights throughout, the place was striking enough to be captured by legendary architectural photographer Julius Shulman in the late ’50s and archived in the Getty Library catalog.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archive. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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archive
1 of 2 noun
ar·chive
ˈär-ˌkīv 
1
: a place in which public records or historical documents are preserved
also
: the material preserved
—usually used in plural
2
: a collection of information
archive
2 of 2 verb
archived; archiving
: to file or collect in or as if in an archive
was archiving documents
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