repertory
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈrɛpərˌtɔri/
- Archaic
:
depósito
- Summerson rejected the idea of building up a theory of modern architecture based on the existence of modern buildings: to abstract formal characteristics from a select repertory of modern buildings, or provide a grammar of form and then to illustrate how the forms embody the ideas, would, he claimed, only "add up to something like a Palladio of modern architecture."
Examples
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We have a golden opportunity in the accessibility of individuals, archives, materials, and repertory; we face the obligation to preserve these resources for this and future generations.
Academic text (2000) -
The phenomenon of private video archives seems to have more meaning through its very existence than through its function as a repertory of information.
Academic text (2004) -
When Fenton had exhausted his repertory, his uncle's eyes remained closed.
Fiction book (1999) -
For many years, her crossover dream-come-true made her problematic in her own nation's repertory of symbols of Brazilian identity.
Academic text (1998) -
The next step was rice pudding (and probably other dishes derived from the Spanish rice repertory).
Academic text (1992) -
With its carnival setting, Camus's film inevitably encouraged the tendency to imagine Brazil through a limited repertory of images, largely "wild" and celebratory.
Academic text (1998) -
To the traditional repertory of jokes has been added, since polygyny died out at the turn of the century, a multitude of jokes about the institution of polygyny.
Academic text (1991) -
Because of the communal, inherited nature of the design repertory, it has been possible to trace some of the traditional motifs that are in use today back through many generations of hereditary artists and to interpret some of the iconography (Blackmun 1988).
Academic text (1991) -
The library served as a repertory of rare manuscripts, preserving them for future scholars.
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This gallery is a repertory of local artwork, showcasing pieces from various talented artists.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
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5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
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6.7
A place where things are kept safe for future use
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3.1
A building where goods are kept for later use
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Etymology
Repertory comes from Latin reperire 'to find' and an old Latin word for a place holding things that were found. So a repertory can mean a storehouse or place where a stock of items is kept.