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noun, plural rep·er·to·ries.
1.
a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
2.
a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.
4.
a store or stock of things available.
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Repertory
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| repertory (ˈrɛpətərɪ, -trɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 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 |
| [C16: from Late Latin repertōrium storehouse, from Latin reperīre to obtain, from | |
| reper'torial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
repertory
1552, "index, list, catalogue," from L.L. repertorium "inventory, list," from L. repertus, pp. of reperire "to find, get, invent," from re-, intensive prefix, + parire, archaic form of paerere "produce, bring forth," from PIE base *per- "attempt" (see parent). Meaning "list
EXPANDof performances" is first recorded 1845; repertory theater is attested from 1896.
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