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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