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.
...the archives of the Imperial War Museum.
I decided I would go to the Archive the next day and look up the appropriate issue.
Synonyms: record office, museum, registry, repository More Synonyms of archive
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Archive material is information that comes from archives.
...archive material.
...pieces of archive film.
More Synonyms of archive
archive in British English
(ˈɑːkaɪv)
noun(often plural)
1.
a collection of records of or about an institution, family, etc
2.
a place where such records are kept
3. computing
data transferred to a tape, disk, or directory for long-term storage rather than frequent use
verb(transitive)
4.
to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository
Derived forms
archival (arˈchival)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Late Latin archīvum, from Greek arkheion repository of official records, from arkhē government
archive in American English
(ˈɑrˌkaɪv)
noun
1.
a.
a place where public records, documents, etc. are kept
b.
a place where material having documentary interest, as private papers, institutional records, memorabilia, or photographs, is kept
2.
the records, material, etc. kept in either of such places
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈarˌchived or ˈarˌchiving
3.
to place or keep (records, papers, etc.) in or as in archives
Word origin
Fr archif < LL archivum < Gr archeion, town hall < archē, the beginning, government
Synonyms of 'archive'
record office, museum, registry, repository
records, papers, accounts, rolls
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In other languages
archive
British English: archive /ˈɑːkaɪv/ NOUN
Archives are collections of documents that contain information about the history of an organization or group of people.
...military archives.
American English: archive
Arabic: أَرْشِيف
Brazilian Portuguese: arquivo
Chinese: 档案文件
Croatian: arhiv
Czech: archiv
Danish: arkiv
Dutch: archief
European Spanish: archivo lugar
Finnish: arkisto
French: archive
German: Archiv
Greek: αρχείο
Italian: archivio
Japanese: 文書館
Korean: 기록 보관소
Norwegian: arkiv
Polish: archiwum
European Portuguese: arquivo
Romanian: arhivă
Russian: архив
Latin American Spanish: archivo
Swedish: arkiv
Thai: สถานที่เก็บเอกสารสำคัญ
Turkish: arşiv
Ukrainian: архів
Vietnamese: hồ sơ lưu trữ
Chinese translation of 'archive'
archive
(ˈɑːkaɪv)
n(c)
(= collection)[of papers, records, films etc]档(擋)案 (dàng'àn) (份, fèn)
(= place) 档(擋)案馆(館) (dàng'àn guǎn)
adj
[material, film]档(擋)案的 (dàng'àn de)
vt
把 ... 存档(擋) (bǎ ... cúndàng)
archive file (Comput) 档(擋)案文件 (dàng'àn wénjiàn)
Derived Forms
archivesn pl
(= collection) [of papers, records, films etc]档(擋)案 (dàng'àn)
(= place) 档(擋)案室 (dàng'ànshì) (间(間), jiān)
(noun)
Definition
a place where records or documents are kept
I decided I would go to the archive and look up the issue.
Synonyms
record office
museum
registry
repository
The church became a repository for police files.
(plural noun)
Definition
a collection of records or documents
the archives of the Imperial War Museum
Synonyms
records
papers
accounts
rolls
documents
files
registers
deeds
chronicles
annals
It was a military triumph without parallel in the annals of history.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of annals
Definition
regular reports of the work of a society or other organization
It was a military triumph without parallel in the annals of history.
Synonyms
records,
history,
accounts,
registers,
journals,
memorials,
archives,
chronicles
in the sense of repository
Definition
a place or container in which things can be stored for safety