Meaning of repository | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
2. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation
3. A storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
4. A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
5. A storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system
6. A warehouse.
7. A burial vault.
8. A burial vault
9. A person to whom a secret is entrusted
10. A museum.
11. A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
    figuratively
12. A place where things are stored for sale; a shop
13. A burial vault; a tomb.
14. A place where things are stored for sale; a shop.
    dated
15. One that contains or is a store of something specified: "Bone marrow is also the repository for some leukemias and lymphomas" (Seth Rolbein).
16. One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.
17. a place or container in which things can be stored for safety
18. a place where things are kept for exhibition; museum
19. (Commerce) a place where commodities are kept before being sold; warehouse
20. a place of burial; sepulchre

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Examples

“Harvard has declined to become⟳ the repository of George Segal's controversial sculpture, "Gay Liberation."”

“OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open⟳ source repository for genetic records, will shut⟳ down and delete⟳ all its data at the end⟳ of April.”

“Over the years, openSNP became one of the largest repositories of its kind, used in research⟳, education, and even community-led investigations like⟳ debunking flawed CFS genetic studies.”

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