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Meaning of storage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. The act of storing goods; the state of being stored
  2. The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
    uncountable, usually
  3. An object or place in which something is stored
  4. the act of storing or state of being stored. We've put our furniture into storage at a warehouse; The meat will have to be kept in cold storage (= stored under refrigeration). berging خَزْن съхранение armazenamento uskladnění die Lagerung opbevaring αποθήκευσηalmacenamiento hoid, säilitus ذخيره سازي varastointi entreposageאחסון संग्रहण, संचयन, गोदाम, भंडार, गोदाम-भाड़ा pohrana, uskladištenje (be)raktározás penyimpanan geymsla deposito 貯蔵 저장, 보관 laikymas, saugojimas uzglabāšana simpanan opslag...
  5. An object or place in which something is stored.
    countable, usually
  6. Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory
  7. a place or room where goods etc are stored. There is a storeroom behind the shop. pakkamer مَخْزَن، مُسْتَوْدَع، عَنْبَر хранилище armazém skladiště das Lagerhaus, der Vorratsraum lager αποθήκηalmacén, depósito laohoone, laoruum انباري varasto entrepôtמחסן माल गोदाम skladište, spremište raktár gudang vörugeymsla magazzino, deposito 倉庫 창고, 자장소 sandėlis noliktava rumah stor opslagplaatslager, magasinmagazyn يوګنځى (ګدام، مخزن)، تحويلخانه، كوټ، مغاز armazém depozit склад; кладовая, амбар sklad s...
    etc
  8. Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.
    uncountable, usually
  9. The price charged for storing goods
  10. to value highly (eg a person's approval etc). hoog skat يُقَدِّرُ تَقْديرا عالِيا ценя dar valor a přikládat velkou váhu Wert legen auf sætte pris på αποδίδω μεγάλη σημασία σε valorar algo mucho kõrgelt hindama مغتنم شمردن arvostaa faire grand cas de לְהַעֲרִיך בִּמיוּחָד महत्व देना cijeniti što, pridavati vrijednost čemu nagyra értékel vmit menghargai leggja (mikið) upp úr, meta (tenere in gran conto) ~を重んじる 존중하다, 중시하다 labai vertinti, skirti ypatingą reikšmę augstu vērtēt sangat menghargai v...
    eg
  11. The price charged for storing goods.
    uncountable, usually
  12. To put into storage; to store
  13. to collect and keep (for future need). I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines. berg يَخْزِن، يَحْتَفِظ بِ запасявам (се) с acumular uchovávat lagern gemme συσσωρεύωacumular, almacenar tallele panema نگهداري كردن säilyttää conserver לֶאֱגוֹר जमा करना spremati, nagomilati tárol/elraktároz vmit menyimpan varðveita, geyma conservare 貯え込む 비축하다 kaupti, rinkti, laikyti []krāt mengumpul dan menyimpan verzamelenlagre, samle på magazynować ساتل acumular накапливать odkladať hraniti čuva...
  14. The act of storing goods or the state of being stored.
  15. The charging or regenerating of a storage battery.
  16. Computers The part of a computer that stores information for subsequent use or retrieval.
    Computers
  17. the act of storing or the state of being stored
  18. space or area reserved for storing
  19. (Commerce) a charge made for storing

Equivalents

Examples

“There's a lot of storage in the loft.”
“Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record.”
“2011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 115, Underground natural gas storages are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas storages worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas storages, salt-cave gas storages and aquifer storages.”
“2012, A. Grinham, B. Gibbes, D. Gale, M. Watkinson, M. Bartow (University of Queensland), Extreme rainfall and drinking water quality: a regional perspective, C. A. Brebbia, Water Pollution XI, page 187, Low impact storages included the northern and southern region′s Cooloolabin Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Leslie Harrison Dam, Hinze Dam and Little Nerang Dam. Highly impacted storages included central region′s Wivenhoe Dam, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam (Fig. 2), where TSS concentrations in these central storages where more than double compared to northern and southern storages (Fig. 2A).”
“I′d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.”
“Secondary storages are used to store system programs (viz; operating system, assembler, interpreter, compiler and so on), data files, software packages and so on.”

CEFR level

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Upper Intermediate
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