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View usage for: (rɪpɒzɪtri, US -tɔːri) Word forms: plural repositories1. countable nounA repository is a place where something is kept safely. [formal] A church in Moscow became a repository for police files. [+ for] Synonyms: store, archive, storehouse, depository More Synonyms of repository 2. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun]A repository of information is a person or group of people who know a lot of information about a particular place or subject. The repository of all knowledge in the small town was the barman of the local pub. Synonyms: storehouse, fund, mine, oracle More Synonyms of repository repository in British English (rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ries1. 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 Word origin C15: from Latin repositōrium, from repōnere to place repository in American English (rɪˈpɑzəˌtɔri) nounWord forms: plural reˈposiˌtories1. a box, chest, closet, or room in which things may be placed for safekeeping 2. Rare a building for exhibiting objects; museum 3. a burial vault; sepulcher 4. any thing or person thought of as a center of accumulation or storage a repository of information 5. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided; confidant adjective6. acting gradually over a period of time said of a drug Word origin LME repositorie < L repositorium < repositus, pp. of reponere, to put back < re-, back + ponere, to place: see position Examples of 'repository' in a sentencerepository In other languagesrepository British English: repository NOUN A repository is a place where something is kept safely. ...a central repository for shared information. - American English: repository
- Brazilian Portuguese: repositório
- Chinese: 贮存处
- European Spanish: almacén
- French: dépôt
- German: Aufbewahrungsort
- Italian: archivio
- Japanese: 保管場所
- Korean: 보관소
- European Portuguese: repositório
- Latin American Spanish: depósito
Definition a place or container in which things can be stored for safety The church became a repository for police files. He was the repository of all important information. Additional synonymsDefinition a place where records or documents are kept I decided I would go to the archive and look up the issue. Synonyms record office, museum, registry, repositoryDefinition a store where furniture, valuables, etc. can be kept for safety They have 2,500 tons of paper stored in their depository. Synonyms storehouse, store, warehouse, depot, repository, safe-deposit box Definition a place where goods and vehicles are kept when not in use a government arms depot Synonyms arsenal, warehouse, storehouse, repository, depository, dumpNearby words ofrepository - reporter
- reporting
- repose
- repository
- repossess
- reprehensible
- represent
Additional synonymsDefinition a large retail shop with a wide variety of merchandise a famous emporium whose branches grace the capitals of Europe Synonyms shop, market, store, supermarket, outlet, warehouse, department store, mart, boutique, bazaar, retail outlet, superstore, hypermarket Definition a supply or store of something He has an extraordinary fund of energy. Synonyms store, stock, source, supply, mine, reserve, treasury, vein, reservoir, accumulation, hoard, repositoryDefinition a place for storing weapons, explosives, or military equipment Synonyms storehouse, store, arsenal, warehouse, depot, ammunition dump, powder room (obsolete) Definition a profitable source or abundant supply a mine of information Synonyms source, store, fund, stock, supply, reserve, treasury, wealth, abundance, hoardDefinition an object used to contain something a receptacle for water Synonyms container, case, box, holder, vessel, drum, basin, crate, canister, repositoryDefinition a storage place for treasure He had been compiling a treasury of jokes. Synonyms storehouse, bank, store, vault, hoard, cache, repositoryDefinition a secure room where money and other valuables are stored safely The money was in storage in bank vaults. Synonyms strongroom, repository, depositoryDefinition a place where goods are stored prior to their sale or distribution He worked in a freight warehouse, lifting and carrying heavy loads. Synonyms store, depot, storehouse, repository, depository, stockroom |