Archives meaning in english in one word. any extensive record or collection of data. To place or store in an archive. The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. 2. Computers To copy or compress (a file) into an archive. Archives are collections of documents that contain information about the history of an organization or group of people. a collection of historical documents or records of a government, a family, a place or an organization; the place where these records are stored the National Sound Archive archive film The BBC's archives are bulging with material. The meaning of ARCHIVE is a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved; also : the material preserved —often used in plural. The meaning of ARCHIVE is a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved; also : the material preserved —often used in plural. 1. Archivists generally recognize only three senses of the word (the records, the facility where they are stored, and the organization responsible for both), but Richard Pearce-Moses’ Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (released in 2005) identified six. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory. . noun us / ˈɑr·kɑɪv / (also archives) Add to word list the documents showing the history of a place, organization, or family, or the place where these are kept: archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept. xcmb 9es8j shjl t4zfh1b ozpb nrtv0 f7 fmf0d x1nh zq1h