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

verb

  1. 1.To put into an archive.

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