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repository

[ ri-poz-i-tawr-ee ]

noun

, plural re·pos·i·tor·ies.
  1. a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale:

    a repository for discarded clothing.

    Synonyms: depository, storehouse, depot

  2. an abundant source or supply; storehouse:

    a repository of information.

  3. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.
  4. a burial place; sepulcher.
  5. alsocalledcomma Informal, re·po [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.

  6. Chiefly British. warehouse.


repository

/ rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ; -trɪ /

noun

  1. a place or container in which things can be stored for safety
  2. a place where things are kept for exhibition; museum
  3. a place where commodities are kept before being sold; warehouse
  4. a place of burial; sepulchre
  5. a receptacle containing the relics of the dead
  6. a person to whom a secret is entrusted; confidant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of repository1

1475–85; < Latin repositōrium that in which anything is placed; reposit, -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repository1

C15: from Latin repositōrium , from repōnere to place
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Example Sentences

It would be useful if there was a larger online repository for Alexa routines where you could discover and activate those that have been shared by the wider community, similar to those directories created for sharing iOS Shortcuts.

There was still plenty of skepticism about these two twentysomethings and their repository of “pretty dresses.”

From Fortune

Carrd offers a repository of information that can be linked in tweets and posts for information that is not particularly time sensitive, or to gather lists of information all in one place.

Sun Savers now has a repository of 1,500 articles, from the best home gym equipment to how to choose the best tires for your car.

From Digiday

A 10-billion-year-old galaxy represents a fantastic repository of experiments in life.

Outdated views on family honor—which see women as its repository—have a lot to answer for.

Now, with Health, Apple will bring a central repository to the entire biometric madness—to the benefit of consumers.

How can you corral all your health data in one central repository—effortlessly?

Other family members approved of the underground repository.

Nobody could object to the way in which the cases were carried from the elevator and set upon stanchions at the repository.

It may be possible to trace out this ancient relique to its present repository, if it be still in existence.

This repository was first disclosed by the action of the lake against a diluvial shore, in which the bones were buried.

Italy was, and still is, the repository of all the chief MSS.

She had been the reluctant repository for the secrets of half her little town.

I desire that the Constitution, the sacred repository of our liberties, be not soiled in my hands.

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