archive

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Noun

Singular archive

Plural archives

1. (countable) An archive is a collection of historical information, usually kept for people in the future to see. <> ma'ajiyar bayanai. From Arabic "arsheef"

   The police keeps an archive of the files of the criminals.

   The National Archives is releasing another 676 government documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. <> Wata babbar cibiyar ma'ajiyar bayanai ta fitar da wasu bayanan masu lambar 676 akan kashe tsohon shugaban kasar Amurka na 35 John F. Kennedy. [1]

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) archive

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) archives

Past tense (ya wuce) archived

Past participle (ya wuce) archived

Present participle (ana cikin yi) archiving

1. When you archive something, you store and preserve it for people in the future to see. A person who archives things as a job is known as an archivist. <> adana, ajiye. taskance.

   I just archived my family's photo collection so that we can see it in the future.

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