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The correct spelling is archives.
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noun
Say it like: Arc-hiv-es
The correct spelling is archives. 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 historic… For example: "His archive of Old High German texts is the most extensive in Britain."
Usage Examples
“His archive of Old High German texts is the most extensive in Britain.”
“soil archive; peat archive”
“I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
- 3.Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
verb
- 1.To put into an archive.
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