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repository Definition

re·posi·tory (ri päzə tôr′ē)

noun pl. -·ries

  1. a box, chest, closet, or room in which things may be placed for safekeeping
  2. Now Rare a building for exhibiting objects; museum
  3. a burial vault; sepulcher
  4. any thing or person thought of as a center of accumulation or storage a repository of information
  5. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided; confidant

Etymology: LME repositorie < L repositorium < repositus, pp. of reponere, to put back < re-, back + ponere, to place: see position

adjective

acting gradually over a period of time: said of a drug

repository Synonyms

repository

n.

receptacle, locker, treasury; see closet, container, depository, storehouse.

repository Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • metadata: The dictionary is therefore more than just a repository of metadata.
  • archives: Thus it is entirely appropriate that the Library is one of the most important repositories of textile archives.

Converse of object

  • centralize: It's a centralized repository of the status of bugs in lots of different places.
  • distribute: All three of these support the use of distributed repositories, and have recently been gaining popularity.
  • browse: To browse the repository select Browse from the navigation bar on the left of the screen.
  • establish: The two year project aims to establish a single Blended repository to meet the teaching and research needs of this institution.

Adjective modifier

  • institutional: According to the authors, in the digital age the institutional repository could become the library's savior.
  • e-print: How is an e-print repository integrated into an institution's electronic resources strategy?
  • subject-based: Some subject-based repositories ( for example, for high-energy physics ) have been in existence for a number of years.
  • centralized: Of course one may argue Google and Amazon are spectacular examples of centralized repositories.
  • central: They are then fed into the NPSA's central repository of incident data.
  • archive: The National Register of Archives publishes a list of all UK archive repositories, with links to their websites.

Modifies a noun

  • identifier: Parameters: obj - The object reference to be checked. repository_id - The repository identifier of the interface to check against.
  • administrator: Your document will be held in a document buffer pending approval by the repository administrator.

Noun used with modifier

  • subversion: Access to the subversion repository is available on request.
  • eprint: It aims to survey workflows in place in learning object and eprint repositories within the JISC FAIR and X4L programs.
  • portlet: All Providers Manage: Display and refresh the portlet repository.
  • cvs: I consider these tests as successful and will add a module to the GLIMMER cvs repository once I get to go from Ed.
  • metadata: OCLC is supplementing its rich metadata repository with a digital library offering.
  • data: It provides controlled real-time access to information held within the central data repository.

Browse dictionary entries near repository

  1. reposition
  2. reposit
  3. reposeful
  4. repose
  5. reposal
  6. reports
  7. reporting level
  8. reporting
  9. reporter
  10. reportedly
  1. repossess
  2. repoussé
  3. repp
  4. repr
  5. reprehend
  6. reprehensible
  7. reprehension
  8. represent
  9. representation
  10. representational