Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: archives
IPA transcription: ['ɑɹk,aɪvz]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: archives
    Meaning: collection of records especially about an institution
Usage examples
  • The archives of the State were not removed to Springfield until 1839, and Lincoln remained a member of the Legislature by successive reelections from 1834 to 1842.
  • Once in the imperial archives, the record of the miracle would have spread everywhere; all subsequent historians would have related it, all subsequent writers referred to it.
  • "I wonder, David," he said at length, "as you are determined to carry out your wild scheme, if we could not accomplish something of very real and lasting benefit for the human race of Pellucidar at the same time. Listen, I have learned much of a most surprising nature from these archives of the Mahars.