Definitions for archive
ˈɑr kaɪvar·chive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. archiveverb

   a depository containing historical records and documents

2. archive, file awayverb

   put into an archive

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. archivenoun

   A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

2. archivenoun

   The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).

   His archive of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.

3. archiveverb

   To put into an archive.

   I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.

4. Etymology: From archives, from archivum, from ἀρχεῖον.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Archive

   An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and almost always unique, unlike books or magazines of which many identical copies may exist. This means that archives are quite distinct from libraries with regard to their functions and organization, although archival collections can often be found within library buildings.A person who works in archives is called an archivist. The study and practice of organizing, preserving, and providing access to information and materials in archives is called archival science. The physical place of storage can be referred to as an archive (more usual in the United Kingdom), an archives (more usual in the United States), or a repository.The computing use of the term "archive" should not be confused with the record-keeping meaning of the term.

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1. archive

   An archive refers to a collection of historical records, documents, or materials that provide information about a person, place, event, or organization. It can also refer to the place where these materials are stored and preserved for future reference. In computing, it refers to a single file that contains multiple data files, often compressed to conserve space.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Archivenoun

   the place in which public records or historic documents are kept

2. Archivenoun

   public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Archive

   An archive is an accumulation of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism"—rather than those that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and almost always unique, unlike books or magazines for which many identical copies exist. This means that archives are quite distinct from libraries with regard to their functions and organization, although archival collections can often be found within library buildings. A person who works in archives is called an archivist. The study and practice of organizing, preserving, and providing access to information and materials in archives is called archival science. The physical place of storage is sometimes referred to as an archive repository.

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1. archive

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'archive' in Nouns Frequency: #2506

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce archive?

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How to say archive in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of archive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of archive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of archive in a Sentence

1. Cecilia Bembibre:

   Since the space has been undergoing important conservation work in the last few years, and the collection was removed, it is reasonable to assume the scent has gone, now the preservation kit we created…(is) now the only existing archive of a lost heritage smell.

2. Per Karsten:

   We can now observe that Winstrup's mummy is one of the best-preserved bodies from Europe in the 1600s, with an information potential well in line with that offered by Otzi the ice man or Egyptian mummies. Bishop Winstrup remains constitute a unique archive of medical history on the living conditions and health of people living in the 1600s.

3. George Steiner:

   Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement, against that past.

4. The BAFTA-nominated director:

   I got this idea (to do the book) like a historical archive about something that was trash but then presenting it in a high way, it's a great historical archive in seeing how films were promoted at a specific time before ... pornography was legalized.

5. Paola Cerrito:

   Just like tree rings, we can look at' tooth rings' : continuously growing layers of tissue on the dental root surface, these rings are a faithful archive of an individual's physiological experiences and stressors from pregnancies and illnesses to incarcerations and menopause that all leave a distinctive permanent mark.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=archive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Archive
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archive
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=archive
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=archive