repository

noun re·pos·i·to·ry \ ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē \

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Examples: repository in a Sentence

Definition of repository

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

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Examples of repository in a Sentence

a repository for nuclear waste
He is the repository of many secrets.
She is the repository of her family's history.

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On one side is music from the Faenza Codex of around 1420, a collection of transcriptions of sundry vocal compositions that is one of the earliest repositories of keyboard music.

— joshua kosman, SFChronicle.com, "CD review: ‘Codex’ by Bruce Brubaker," 11 July 2018
Their home is part desert and sculpture garden, part studio space for his art and her music and part repository for their vast collections of mid-century modern artwork and housewares.

— pam kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Escondido's influential tiki man 'Bosko' is subject of new film," 8 July 2018
The @FashionAssistants Instagram account, which has more than 16,000 followers after starting in December, serves as a repository for assistants’ workplace horror stories.

— amy odell, The Cut, "In Fashion, Verbal Abuse Is Going Out of Style," 18 June 2018
Richer Egyptians see property as the only reliable repository of value.

— The Economist, "Why Arab states have lots of expensive villas," 14 June 2018
The release of this massive repository makes more diverse data available for researchers and scientists to use in their journey to overcome self-driving car challenges.

— recode staff, Recode, "Recode Daily: Facebook is trying original video again with Big Media news partners," 7 June 2018
Developers and companies rely on GitHub as a code repository.

— brad chacos, PCWorld, "Microsoft buys GitHub for $7.5 billion, promises to keep it independent and open," 4 June 2018
One of the trips was combined with a $4.3 million fundraiser last October in Dallas, one of the nation's top repositories of GOP cash.

— kevin diaz, Houston Chronicle, "Trump to meet with Santa Fe victims on Texas fundraising swing," 30 May 2018
In Hawking’s case, Snopes wrote, the lie appeared on an infamous Facebook page that poses as a repository of mainstream Catholic news stories.

— avi selk, Washington Post, "No, the pope did not persuade Stephen Hawking to believe in God on his deathbed," 21 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of repository

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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repository Synonyms

Synonyms

depository, depot, magazine, storage, storehouse, warehouse;

Related Words

cache, stockroom, storeroom;

bank, bin, container, locker, safe-deposit box, strongbox;

arsenal, dump;

stowage;

repository

adjective

Definition of repository

of a drug

: designed to act over a prolonged period

repository penicillin

First Known Use of repository

1950

in the meaning defined above

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Other Pharmacology Terms

anodyne, cathartic, emetic, emollient, liniment, paregoric, poultice, purgative, soporific, spectrum

REPOSITORY Defined for English Language Learners

repository

noun

Definition of repository for English Language Learners

: a place where a large amount of something is stored
: a person who possesses a lot of information, wisdom, etc.

Medical Dictionary

repository

adjective re·pos·i·to·ry \ ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē \

medical Definition of repository

of a drug

: designed to act over a prolonged period

repository penicillin

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