repository
5
7.5
- noun
- /rɪˈpɒzɪtɔri/
:
depositario
- He was viewed as the repository of family secrets, often called upon to keep matters private.
- serve as a repository
Examples
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Although others might disagree, he insists that the romances are a repository of the oral tradition and, therefore, legitimate sources for historians.
Academic text (1997) -
As the chief negotiator, she became the repository of confidential information shared in the discussions.
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We were using it as a repository for sensitive documentation.
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Each undercover detective had his own safe, a locked repository of his work.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ginnie is the repository of this secret of her childlessness.
Fiction book (2000) -
A repository of secrets.
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The ETO business relies heavily on this department, where every individual is a repository for the company's specialized knowledge.
Academic text (2006) -
Presiding over the dead, he's the repository of our common history, and by that right, grand patron of the Bicentennial.
Academic text (2004) -
Now, as to the persistence of superstition, only an impoverished mind considers itself the repository of absolute knowledge.
Fiction book (1992) -
In her new role, she became the repository of sensitive data regarding the company's finances.
Synonyms
30
5.1
A person you trust with your private thoughts or problems
15
6.6
A woman you trust with your secrets
1
8.1
A person, place, or group that keeps things safe for others
Antonyms
Compounds
How Trustworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repository comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and posit 'put', like in deposit, so it once meant a place or person who holds something. That's why we can call a trusted person a repository of secrets — someone who keeps and protects private information.