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# repository

«repository» in Mova's school dictionary: **stored or kept safe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a repository, repositories)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place where things are stored or kept safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#m1)

2) (computing) A place where files or code are stored, often online; programmers say «repo» for short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#m2)

3) A person or book that holds a lot of knowledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons a code repository stores a project's files and history. In everyday life a museum or library is a repository of objects and books. In stories a wise old person might be «a repository of knowledge». Phrases: «a repository of», «code repository».

### examples

- The library is a repository of old maps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#x1)
- The programmers keep their code in an online repository. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#x2)
- Grandma is a repository of family stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#x3)
- The museum is a repository for ancient coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#x4)
- Upload your project to the class repository. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#x5)
- The old cave was a repository for treasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/#x6)

### note

Plural: repositories. Formal; everyday words are «store» or «storeroom». «Repo» is short in computing; «repo» also means taking back things bought on credit (US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repository» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repository/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.