REPERTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repertory mean? 

• REPERTORY (noun)
  The noun REPERTORY has 4 senses:

1. a storehouse where a stock of things is kept

2. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation

3. a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule

4. a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire

  Familiarity information: REPERTORY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPERTORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A storehouse where a stock of things is kept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("repertory" is a kind of...):

deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

repertoire; repertory

Context example:

has a large repertory of dialects and characters

Hypernyms ("repertory" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

repertoire; repertory

Hypernyms ("repertory" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

repertory; repertory company; stock company

Hypernyms ("repertory" is a kind of...):

theater company (a company that produces plays)