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archive definition
ar·chive (är′kīv′)
noun
- a place where public records, documents, etc. are kept
- a place where material having documentary interest, as private papers, institutional records, memorabilia, or photographs, is kept
- the records, material, etc. kept in either of such places
Etymology: Fr archif < LL archivum < Gr archeion, town hall < archē, the beginning, government
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archive Usage Examples
Object
- posting: ISI ResearchSoft has given Adept Scientific permission to archive the list postings.
Converse of object
- unpack: Some packages just consist of GAP code and the installation is done by unpacking the archive in one of the places described above.
Adjective modifier
- searchable: Google Groups Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years.
Modifies a noun
- footage: For master shot, Tom Hanks positioned to line up with archive footage.
Noun used with modifier
- zip: Click here to download a zip archive ( unpack using WinZip ) containing the Windows example files.
Preposition: of
- site-building: This page is part of the main News archive of the site-building " as it happened " going back to 1998/9.
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"archive." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009
- Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
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archive. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary
- Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/archive

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