repertory
Americannoun
plural
repertories-
a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
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Also called repertory company. Also called repertory theater,. a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.
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a store or stock of things available.
noun
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the entire stock of things available in a field or of a kind; repertoire
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a building or place where a stock of things is kept; repository
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short for repertory company
Other Word Forms
- repertorial adjective
Etymology
Origin of repertory
1545–55; < Late Latin repertōrium inventory, equivalent to Latin reper ( īre ) to discover, find, make up ( re- re- + -perīre, combining form of parere to bring forth, produce) + -tōrium -tory 2
Example Sentences
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The list of regulars, guest conductors and soloists is long and the repertory widely varied.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The new creations entered the repertory amid a number of authoritative performances of tried and true ballets—mostly by the troupe’s incomparable founding choreographer George Balanchine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
It enters NYCB’s repertory as the troupe’s 500th creation and as something of a rarity among its catalog of world premieres, which overwhelmingly take their inspiration from their chosen music, as Mr. Peck’s does.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
They premiered at the National Theatre’s Olivier auditorium in repertory, directed by Nunn.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025
She waited until Mrs. Trotter and Miss Ellis were talking, then gave little W.E. the most fearful face in all her repertory of scary looks, sort of a cross between Count Dracula and Godzilla.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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