# archives

Pronunciation: US say "AR-kyvz" /ˈɑɹkaɪvz/; say "AH-kyvz" UK /ˈɑːkaɪvz/, AUS /ˈaː.kɑɪvz/

## Noun

1. Plural of archive. — plural of archive
   - Simple: Plural of archive. Use this form when you mean more than one archive.
   - _The national archives hold records dating back several centuries._
   - _Historians spent months combing through the museum's archives._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of archive. — third-person singular simple present indicative of archive
   - Simple: Third-person singular of archive. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The clerk archives each contract once it has been signed._
   - _Our system archives user data after ninety days of inactivity._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/archives (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).