re·pos·i·to·ry ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
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
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.
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Helen Branswell, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026 LeCun has argued that video data can help train world models, but Manycore and Huang instead think the startup’s vast repository of 3D assets will be a more useful data set. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026 Native apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and the web are available for direct download or can be built from React source code via a GitHub repository. —Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 The scores offer one of the most concentrated public repositories of college athlete feedback. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository
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Noun
The director’s office has become a repository for political appointees, most of whom have no public health experience or medical credentials. —Helen Branswell, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026 LeCun has argued that video data can help train world models, but Manycore and Huang instead think the startup’s vast repository of 3D assets will be a more useful data set. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026 Native apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and the web are available for direct download or can be built from React source code via a GitHub repository. —Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 The scores offer one of the most concentrated public repositories of college athlete feedback. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository
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repository
adjective
re·pos·i·to·ry ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
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