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repository
[ ri-poz-i-tawr-ee ]
noun
- a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale:
a repository for discarded clothing.
Synonyms: , ,
- an abundant source or supply; storehouse:
a repository of information.
- a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.
- a burial place; sepulcher.
- alsocalledcomma Informal, · [ree, -poh]. Computers. a collection of stored data or software, or the place where it is stored, often a proprietary site in the cloud:
The company hosts a cloud-based repository to help software developers store, track, and manage changes to their code.
- Chiefly British. warehouse.
repository
/ rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ; -trɪ /
noun
- a place or container in which things can be stored for safety
- a place where things are kept for exhibition; museum
- a place where commodities are kept before being sold; warehouse
- a place of burial; sepulchre
- a receptacle containing the relics of the dead
- a person to whom a secret is entrusted; confidant
Word History and Origins
Origin of repository1
Word History and Origins
Origin of repository1
Example Sentences
But he remembers that it wasn’t always thus, and not just for him: The movies have spent a century as a key repository for Americans to dream through what it means to be a citizen.
As for Greg, he would seem to be the obvious repository for the audience’s sympathy.
Today, it’s hard to imagine the Magnificent Mile and its surrounding blocks, with its mix of luxury new-build construction and brick pre-war walk-ups, as anything but an upper-class repository on Chicago’s North Side.
They are repositories of history, thought and memory — shared and personal.
In a new interview with the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, the openly gay pop star pushed back against the idea that she should be a repository of queer cultural knowledge and history.
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