Past tense of archive
regular verb
The past tense of archive is archived. The past participle is also archived.
Forms of archive
| Base form (V1) | archive /ˈɑːkaɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | archived |
| Past participle (V3) | archived |
| Present participle | archiving |
| Third person singular | archives |
Archived in a sentence
- The system allows rapid retrieval of archived documents.From the entry retrieval
- It was as if I’d archived myself inside them—my own private horcruxes.2016, Tommy Wallach, Thanks for the Trouble, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry horcrux
- Maybe not archived on Gossamer, but there are at least two Scullyslash archives that I know of and one very active mailing list.1999 June 12, Dasha K, “Re: A DARE... Hmm...”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry Scullyslash
- Commedia troupes put together zibaldoni, or commonplace books, in which they gathered together and archived pre-existing written materials for insertion into their works as the situation permitted.2003, Danielle Anna Amato, Collage Corporeality: Body and Technology in Contemporary American Performance, University of California, San…. From the entry commedia
- These days she spends about 20 to 25 hours a week on the site, which features discussion groups as well as stories archived into four houses, a predictably Hogwartsian touch.2004 June 4, Connie Ogle, “Harry loves Draco? Only in fan fiction”, in The Miami Herald, 101st year, number 264, page 2A. From the entry Hogwartsian
Meaning of archive
- noun A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value.
- noun The material so stored, considered as a whole.
- noun A natural deposit of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
Questions about the past tense of archive
- What is the past tense of archive?
- The past tense of archive is archived.
- What is the past participle of archive?
- The past participle of archive is archived.
- Is archive a regular or irregular verb?
- Archive is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: archive (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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