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repertory

[rep-er-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

noun

plural

repertories 
  1. a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.

  2. Also called repertory company.Also called repertory theater,.a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.

  3. repertoire.

  4. a store or stock of things available.

  5. storehouse.



repertory

/ -trɪ, ˈrɛpətərɪ /

noun

  1. the entire stock of things available in a field or of a kind; repertoire

  2. a building or place where a stock of things is kept; repository

  3. short for repertory company

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • repertorial adjective
  • ˌˈٴǰ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repertory1

1545–55; < Late Latin ōܳ inventory, equivalent to Latin reper ( ī ) to discover, find, make up ( re- re- + -perī, combining form of parere to bring forth, produce) + -ōܳ -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repertory1

C16: from Late Latin ōܳ storehouse, from Latin reperī to obtain, from re- + parere to bring forth
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Chase is also a joyous and entrepreneurial music activist, MacArthur “genius,” educator, founder of New York’s impressive International Contemporary Ensemble and commissioner of a vastly imaginative new flute repertory in her ongoing Density 2036 project.

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A group of prominent actors approached Loewenberg with the idea of forming a classical repertory company.

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The National's Lyttelton Theatre will return to a repertory model for the first time since 2020, meaning multiple shows will be staged concurrently featuring the same cast.

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Bowen Yang, who is of Chinese descent, was named to the repertory cast in 2019, making him the first “full-blooded” Asian cast member.

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My dad had a long career as an actor, transcending a fairly bleak working-class upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, to repertory theater and then innumerable roles in TV and movies.

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