C1 noun #14,714 most common

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.

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  • (noun) 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.
  • (noun) The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
  • (noun) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun 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. 2
    noun The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
  3. 3
    noun Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
  4. 4
    verb To put into an archive.

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