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   re·pos·i·to·ry

   /rəˈpäzəˌtôrē/

   noun

   • 1. a place, building, or receptacle where things are or may be stored: "a deep repository for nuclear waste"
   • ▪ a place in which something, especially a natural resource, has accumulated or where it is found in significant quantities: "accessible repositories of water"
   • ▪ a central location in which data is stored and managed: "the metadata will be aggregated in a repository"
   • ▪ a person or thing regarded as a store of information or in which something abstract is held to exist or be found: "his mind was a rich repository of the past"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French repositoire or Latin repositorium, from reposit- ‘placed back’, from the verb reponere (see repose2).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › repositoryRepository Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

   www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › repository

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   The meaning of REPOSITORY is a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository. How to use repository in a sentence.

3. www.dictionary.com › browse › repositoryREPOSITORY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Repository definition: a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale. See examples of REPOSITORY used in a sentence.

4. www.betterwordsonline.com › dictionary › repositoryRepository - Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Etymology - Better...

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   Dictionary definition of repository. A place, container, or organization where things are stored, collected, or preserved for various purposes. "The website was a repository of articles and resources on a wide range of topics." Detailed meaning of repository.

5. writingexplained.org › repository-vs-depository-differenceRepository vs. Depository – What’s the Difference?

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   A repository is where things are placed for safekeeping. It is a noun . The things in question can be either concrete or abstract : a library, for example, could be thought of as a repository for both books (concrete) and knowledge (abstract).

6. linguix.com › english › wordrepository definition - Linguix.com

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   It is the repository of ‘reasons’ of which Owen speaks in the above quoted passage. For example, it's a universally available process repository where one business user can create a draft process and a colleague in another location can modify that process.

7. www.oed.com › dictionary › repository_adjrepository, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

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   The earliest known use of the adjective repository is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for repository is from 1683, in the writing of Richard Baxter, ejected minister and religious writer. repository is of multiple origins.