repository

Other forms of repository

plural

repositories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about repository

What does repository mean?

repository means "a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in repository?

repository has 5 syllables: re-po-si-to-ry. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ɹiˈpɑzəˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for repository?

Close synonyms include depository, deposit, depositary, secretary, monument. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is repository a common word?

repository is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with repository?

59 words rhyme with repository. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.