noun/verb · academic
archive
UK/ˈɑːkaɪv/US/ˈɑːrkaɪv/AR·chive
a collection of historical documents or records; to store documents or records for future use
Examples
“The researcher consulted the archives for original letters.”
“They archived the digital photographs after the exhibition.”
“The city archive contains plans of old buildings.”
Band 8 sentence
“Digitally archiving high-resolution images has become essential for museums that wish to preserve fragile works while increasing public access.”
Collocations
- national archives
- archive material
- digitally archive
Word family
Common mistakes
I will archive the document yesterday.→I archived the document yesterday.
We keep archives about artist.→We keep archives about the artist.
Say it for a higher band
5files→6records→7+archive
Synonyms
records
Easily confused
record
“The archive holds thousands of records dating back a century.”
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