repository

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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

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adjective

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

Examples of repository in a Sentence

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
Such a repository of telework data could present a challenge to an administration that, despite the lack of an official mandate, has encouraged state departments and agencies to reintroduce some in-person work as part of a new hybrid model. Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024 Faced with a commercially available repository of data this rich and detailed, the world’s governments have increasingly opened up their wallets to buy up this information on everyone, rather than hacking it or getting it through secret court orders. Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024 This usually consists of bringing up various online legal repositories and doing hurried searches on the Internet. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 The challenge is that collecting, ingesting and amalgamating this data is a complex task, impeded by issues such as the inaccessibility of the repositories used by BCM companies to store data (clean or not). Dxc Technology, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024 Investigators identified one child with the use of an open source image repository, and then found a family member of the child's on social media, authorities said. Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 Google Cloud’s new partnership with AI model repository Hugging Face is letting developers build, train, and deploy AI models without needing to pay for a Google Cloud subscription. Emilia David, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024 Before Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February 2022, the 140-strong Su-34 fleet was the main repository of tactical strike expertise in the Russian air force. David Axe, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Her goals are to raise awareness about autism, build a repository of online information, train caregivers and provide support systems for them. Scovian Lillian, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1950, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of repository was in the 15th century

Dictionary Entries Near repository

Cite this Entry

“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repository. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

repository

noun
re·​pos·​i·​to·​ry
ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē,
-ˌtȯr-
plural repositories
1
: a place or container where something is deposited or stored
2
: one that contains or stores something immaterial
a repository of knowledge

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

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