Sekirov Dictionary

archive

UK /ˈɑːkaɪv/US /ˈɑɹˌkaɪv/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

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A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value.
- The chiefest of the first Precinct vvas Lubeck, vvhere the Archives of their ancient Records, and their prime Chancery is still, […] — 1632
•
(figurative) A collection, a repository.
- [S]o expert was he, and a living archive in that business: however, his post seems to have vanished with himself. — 1862
•
The material so stored, considered as a whole.
- His archive of Old High German texts is the most extensive in Britain.
A natural deposit of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.

verb2

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To place or store (something, such as a document or record) in an archive.
- I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.
- The library archives some of its older books.
To transfer (less used or obsolete data, files, etc.) to a storage medium for long-term storage.

forms

archived · archiving · archives

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