archive

A collection of documents, pictures, or other records kept so people can use them in the future.

• We searched the newspaper's archive.
• Her letters are part of a digital archive.
• The archive contains records dating back two hundred years.

How to use it: an archive of something (The museum has an archive of local photographs.)

Similar words: collection, records

Common phrases: digital archive, photo archive, an archive of something, search the archive

A place where old documents and other records are kept safely, often because they are historically important.

• The archive closes at five.
• We visited the city archive to study old maps.
• The documents were moved to a secure archive.

Similar words: repository

Common phrases: national archive, visit the archive, in the archive, city archive

To store documents, files, or other records safely so they can be used later.

• We archive all our photographs.
• She archived the emails after the project ended.
• These records must be archived for future research.

Similar words: store, preserve, file

Common phrases: archive old files, archive your emails, archive something digitally, archive the records