B2nounhistorytechnology
US/ˈɑːr.kaɪv/
UK/ˈɑː.kaɪv/
a collection of old documents or records, or the place where they are kept
In context
The historian spent a week in the national archive reading old letters.
The newspaper has put its entire archive online for readers.
Old photos from the family archive show what the town looked like in 1960.
Words that go with archive
adjective + noun
- national archiveThe national archive holds records going back centuries.
- digital archiveA digital archive makes old magazines easy to search.
noun + noun
- archive footageThe documentary uses archive footage from the 1970s.
- city archiveThe city archive is open to visitors on weekdays.
verb + noun
- search the archiveResearchers searched the archive for the missing contract.
noun + preposition
- in the archiveThe map was found in the archive of the old library.