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单词 repositories
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repository

1 of 2

noun

re·​pos·​i·​to·​ry ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce repository (audio)
plural repositories
1
: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
2
: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3
: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial
considered the book a repository of knowledge
4
: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5
: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted

repository

2 of 2

adjective

of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin

Synonyms

Noun

  • depository
  • depot
  • magazine
  • storage
  • storehouse
  • warehouse
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Example Sentences

Noun a repository for nuclear waste He is the repository of many secrets. She is the repository of her family's history.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In 1958, only 30, Vin Scully was the repository for the history of a franchise beloved in another world. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Of the 72 trials funded by the NIH, results for just 35 studies were reported in 2019 and 2020 to ClinicalTrials.gov, a federal repository for information on studies. Ed Silverman, STAT, 22 Aug. 2022 And the federal government still has not fulfilled its promise made long ago to build a permanent repository for nuclear waste. Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 For a detailed look at the code used in this analysis, visit USA TODAY's repository for the project on GitHub. Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022 The lighthouse had no fresh water, sewer, lights or a place to land, says Morissette, but she was still inspired to create a mausoleum, a repository for up to 300,000 urns. oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022 The internet is often a profoundly pessimistic place: a repository for conspiracy theories that have developed into metanarratives, a place where anonymous avatars troll and tussle with abandon. Nick Ripatrazone, The Week, 14 Mar. 2022 Tool stacks must be evaluated: code repository, CI/CD toolchain, identity framework, test automation, application monitoring and alerting, security, etc. Bernard Fraenkel, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Python's repository is a frequent target, with researchers finding malicious packages in September 2017; June, July, and November 2021; and June of this year. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1950, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

repository

adjective

re·​pos·​i·​to·​ry ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē How to pronounce repository (audio)
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin

repositories

noun

plural of repository
as in warehouses
a building for storing goods nurses going back and forth to the medication repository

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • warehouses
  • depositories
  • storages
  • storehouses
  • depots
  • containers
  • banks
  • magazines
  • storerooms
  • stockrooms
  • caches
  • arsenals
  • bins
  • dumps
  • strongboxes
  • lockers
  • safe-deposit boxes
  • stowages
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