Meaning & use
archive
A collection of historical documents or records, or the place where they are stored.
See it in a sentence
The historian spent weeks searching the national archive for letters from the war period.
Old newspaper editions are kept in the library's archive for public research.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "archive" means to store something, often digitally, for long-term keeping rather than everyday use.
Words with a similar meaning
recordsrepository
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To collect and store documents, records, or data for future reference rather than immediate use.
The company archives old emails automatically after one year.
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