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archive
noun
a
collection
of
historical
documents
,
records
,
or
digital
data
,
or
the
place
where
such
materials
are
kept
for
long-term
preservation
•
The
city
plans
to
digitize
its
entire
archive
to
make
it
accessible
online
.
The
city
plans
to
digitize
its
entire
archive
to
make
it
accessible
online
.
•
Researchers
traveled
to
the
national
archive
to
study
letters
from
the
18th
century
.
Researchers
traveled
to
the
national
archive
to
study
letters
from
the
18th
century
.
Late
16th
century
:
from
French
archives
(
plural
),
from
Latin
archīva
,
from
Greek
arkheia
‘
public
records
’,
from
arkhē
‘
government
’.
verb
-
archive
,
archiving
,
archives
,
archived
to
place
documents
,
data
,
or
other
materials
into
long-term
storage
so
they
can
be
preserved
and
consulted
later
•
After
scanning
the
letters
,
the
librarian
archived
them
in
a
secure
database
.
After
scanning
the
letters
,
the
librarian
archived
them
in
a
secure
database
.
•
Make
sure
you
archive
old
emails
so
your
inbox
stays
tidy
.
Make
sure
you
archive
old
emails
so
your
inbox
stays
tidy
.
Derived
from
the
noun
sense
;
first
used
as
a
verb
in
the
mid-17th
century
meaning
‘
place
in
the
archives
’.
