archive

Other forms of archive

plural

archives·

past tense

archived·

present participle

archiving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about archive

What does archive mean?

archive means "a depository containing historical records and documents". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in archive?

archive has 2 syllables: ar-chive. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹˌkaɪv/.

What is another word for archive?

Close synonyms include file away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is archive a common word?

archive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.