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archivea collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɑːrkaɪv/

Korean meaning: 기록 보관소, 문서 보관소

Korean pronunciation: **아**카이브

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother's recipe collection became a family archive of culinary disasters.
  • The company archives revealed that coffee breaks were officially limited to 3 minutes in 1952.
  • Researchers spent months analyzing the medieval archive to understand daily life in the 14th century.

archive

NOUN

//ˈɑːrkaɪv//

a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people

archive concept
💡 Concept

A librarian organizes historical documents in the archive storage room

archive rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

When you arrive at the archive, history comes alive!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈɑːrkaɪv/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈɑːkaɪv/

🌳Etymology

Rootarchiv
Suffix--e

Origin

From Greek 'archeion' meaning 'public office' or 'magistrate's office,' derived from 'arche' meaning 'beginning' or 'rule.' The word entered English through French 'archive' in the 16th century.

🎵Rhyme

hivedrivealivearrive
hive
drive
alive
arrive

🔗Collocations

digital archive
archive footage
archive documents
historical archive
photo archive
company archives

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother's recipe collection became a family archive of culinary disasters.

😄 Fun example

The company archives revealed that coffee breaks were officially limited to 3 minutes in 1952.

Researchers spent months analyzing the medieval archive to understand daily life in the 14th century.

The digital archive allows students to access historical documents from anywhere in the world.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

repositorycollectionlibraryrecordsstorage

Antonyms

disposaldestruction

Related

documentrecordstoragepreservationdatabase

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