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archives

archives

1 4.5
A place where old documents and records are kept for studying history
  • noun
  • /ˈɑːrkaɪvz/
translation icon : archivos
  • The historian spent hours sifting through the archives to find valuable documents about the town's founding.

Why did he go public with such a large archive that had nothing to do with that?

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Examples

  • We went into the archives with index cards and pencils.

  • And when you're doing history, what you learn from archives that you don't learn online, can't learn online.

  • Sometimes it's buried in archives and people bump into stuff and find it later.

  • And so the Abbey itself and all of the archives went up in flames.

  • Official German archives describe the Emden's mission like this.

  • There's a lot of material both online, but also in the MIT archives in the libraries.

  • And to this day, Karl Lagerfeld goes back to the archives, always goes back to the show Chanel woman.

  • For a historian to actually steal documents from archives, that's that's important stuff there.

  • You can access the archives at the library to learn more about local history.

  • Many important records are stored in the archives for future generations to study.

Synonyms

archive
vsarchives
264 4.1

A place that keeps old public records, letters, and photographs safe for a long time

is the collected historical records themselves rather than the storage place
annals
vsarchives
4 7.8

Records or journals that list events year by year

focus on broad historical collections not limited to yearly order

Compounds

An independent US agency that keeps and cares for federal records and historic documents

How Extensive

archives
1 4.5
collection
759 1.4

Surface Forms

archive singular
archives plural

Morphology

archives = archive (transparent) = archive + s

Standard plural formation from the noun 'archive'; meaning is directly the plural or collective sense familiar to learners.

Etymology

The word archives comes from the Greek word arkheion, which meant a 'public office' where rulers kept important papers and it shares the root arch- meaning 'ruler' or 'first'. So archives today are places that keep official records and old documents.