1
: a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
an archive of historical manuscripts
a film archive
also
: the material preserved
—often used in plural
reading through the archives
2
: a repository or collection especially of information
archived; archiving
: to file or collect in or as if in an archive
archive documents
archived tissue samples
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Verb
The organization was devoted to cataloging and archiving printed materials on the labor movement.
She archived her e-mail messages in a folder on her hard drive.
a collection of archived articles
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Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In this approach, an LLM is paired with a true knowledge base—such as an organization’s document archive or customer data—to deliver accurate, up-to-date information without the discrepancies of a purely generative, lossy model.
—Victor Shilo, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
The film’s audio was previously also restored for home video from original Dolby Stereo archived 35mm magnetic film sources containing the separate dialogue, music and effects (DME) tracks.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The Holocaust museums in Washington and elsewhere are repositories and archives of recorded testimony and other evidence of the truth.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In this approach, an LLM is paired with a true knowledge base—such as an organization’s document archive or customer data—to deliver accurate, up-to-date information without the discrepancies of a purely generative, lossy model.
—Victor Shilo, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
Originally designed in the mid-1980s by influential modernist architect Pierre Koenig as his personal residence—and since historically archived as Koenig House 2 by the L.A. Conservancy—the home has been thoughtfully restored and modernized during the current owner’s brief tenure.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
The film’s audio was previously also restored for home video from original Dolby Stereo archived 35mm magnetic film sources containing the separate dialogue, music and effects (DME) tracks.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archive. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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archive
1 of 2 noun
ar·chive
ˈär-ˌkīv 
1
: a place in which public records or historical documents are preserved
also
: the material preserved
—usually used in plural
2
: a collection of information
archive
2 of 2 verb
archived; archiving
: to file or collect in or as if in an archive
was archiving documents
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