archives meaning

Definition of archives

1. collection of records especially about an institution

   Type of: collection

archives in a sentence

• I would like to visit the secret archives of the Vatican.
• The museologist found an ancient map in the museum archives.
• The library has the paper's archives on microfilm.
• The company's archives have survived.
• The archives are not available.

How to pronounce archives

archives is pronounced /ˈɑːkaɪvz/ in British English and /ˈɑrkaɪvz/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.