unarchive

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verb

To extract from a digital archive.

“Do you know what software I need to unarchive these compressed files?”

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Meanings

verbunarchive (third-person singular simple present unarchives, present participle unarchiving, simple past and past participle unarchived)

present singular third person unarchives · participle present unarchiving · participle past unarchived · past unarchived

  1. transitivecomputingTo extract from a digital archive.

    Do you know what software I need to unarchive these compressed files?

  2. transitivearchival sciencecomputingTo remove from an archived state.

Origin

From un- + archive.

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Translations

Portuguese desarquivar
  • desarquivarto remove from an archived state
Cite this entry
APA

unarchive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarchive

MLA

“unarchive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarchive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unarchive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarchive.

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