repertory
noun
rep·er·to·ry ˈre-pər-ˌtȯr-ē 
ˈre-pə-
plural repertories
1
: a place where something may be found : repository
2
a
: repertoire
b
: a company that presents several different plays, operas, or pieces usually alternately in the course of a season at one theater
c
: a theater housing such a company
3
: the production and presentation of plays by a repertory company
acting in repertory
Example Sentences
She acted in repertory for many years.
Recent Examples on the Web The operatic repertory has been a glory of Welser-Möst’s tenure here. 
New York Times, 22 May 2022 The festival will take place Nov. 18-20 at Regina Auditorium on the Notre Dame College campus, with four to five works being performed in repertory each day. cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022 Pierre Audi, the Armory’s artistic director and founder of the Almeida, suggested bringing a repertory pairing of the two works to Manhattan back in 2018. New York Times, 25 July 2022 And on three consecutive nights in March, Mr. Vänskä and the orchestra immersed themselves in Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, one of the repertory’s most personal and soul-bearing works. David Mermelstein, WSJ, 31 May 2022 Malcolm X, a relentless critic of American myths of progress, would have been unsurprised to learn that the repertory was not quite ready for an opera about his life. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Probation was interrupted when the pandemic shut down performances in March 2020, and again when concerts resumed with almost exclusively string repertory, since those players could remain masked, while brasses and winds could not. New York Times, 6 June 2022 Parking spots in the Legion lot (which, fans of L.A. repertory programming know, has recently been in use itself as a 35mm revival drive-in) are $40 (and likely to sell out early). Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2022 Finding new works that fit with the Taylor repertory is a tough task. New York Times, 16 June 2022 See More
New York Times, 22 May 2022 The festival will take place Nov. 18-20 at Regina Auditorium on the Notre Dame College campus, with four to five works being performed in repertory each day. cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022 Pierre Audi, the Armory’s artistic director and founder of the Almeida, suggested bringing a repertory pairing of the two works to Manhattan back in 2018. New York Times, 25 July 2022 And on three consecutive nights in March, Mr. Vänskä and the orchestra immersed themselves in Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, one of the repertory’s most personal and soul-bearing works. David Mermelstein, WSJ, 31 May 2022 Malcolm X, a relentless critic of American myths of progress, would have been unsurprised to learn that the repertory was not quite ready for an opera about his life. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Probation was interrupted when the pandemic shut down performances in March 2020, and again when concerts resumed with almost exclusively string repertory, since those players could remain masked, while brasses and winds could not. New York Times, 6 June 2022 Parking spots in the Legion lot (which, fans of L.A. repertory programming know, has recently been in use itself as a 35mm revival drive-in) are $40 (and likely to sell out early). Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2022 Finding new works that fit with the Taylor repertory is a tough task. New York Times, 16 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Late Latin repertorium list, from Latin reperire to find, from re- + parere to produce — more at pare
First Known Use
1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
repertory
noun
rep·er·to·ry ˈre-pər-ˌtȯr-ē
plural repertories
: repertoire
repertory
noun
as in repertoire
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- repertoire
- arsenal
- supply
- stockpile
- phantasmagoria
- cache
- assortment
- trove
- treasure trove
- hoard
- treasure
- kaleidoscope
- store
- miscellanea
- stock
- mixed bag
- reserve
- omnium-gatherum
- accumulation
- library
- assembly
- collection
- gathering
- assemblage
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ragbag
- heap
- pile
- jumble
- litter
- clutter
- bric-a-brac