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Repository
//ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i//
Synonyms for "repository" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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13 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποθήκη noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Arabic
2 entries- خزنة noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- مَخْزَن noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Armenian
4 entries- շտեմարան noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- շտեմարան noun (storage location for computer files)
- պահեստ noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- վստահելի անձ noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гробница noun (a burial vault)
- довереник noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- довереница noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- довереничка noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
Catalan
3 entries- dipositari noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- dipòsit noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- repositori noun (storage location for computer files)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 倉 /仓 noun (storage location for computer files)
- 倉庫 /仓库 noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- 倉庫 /仓库 noun (storage location for computer files)
Czech
2 entries- úložiště noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- úložiště noun (storage location for computer files)
Dutch
4 entries- depot noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- grafkelder noun (a burial vault)
- opslagplaats noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- opslagruimte noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Esperanto
1 entries- deponejo noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Finnish
4 entries- hautaholvi noun (a burial vault)
- luottohenkilö noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- säilytyspaikka noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- säilö noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
French
4 entries- chambre-forte noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- coffre-fort noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- dépositaire noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- dépôt noun (storage location for computer files)
Georgian
1 entries- საცავი noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
German
3 entries- Ablage noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- Archiv noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- Depot noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Greek
4 entries- αποθήκη noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- αποθετήριο noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- αποθετήριο noun (storage location for computer files)
- μυστικοσύμβουλος noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
Hungarian
4 entries- adattár noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- archívum noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- gyűjtemény noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- lerakat noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Italian
4 entries- confidente noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- cripta noun (a burial vault)
- depositario noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- mausoleo noun (a burial vault)
Japanese
1 entries- 倉庫 noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Latin
2 entries- apothēca noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- receptāculum noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Macedonian
4 entries- гро́бница noun (a burial vault)
- скла́диште noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- склад noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- стова́риште noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Māori
1 entries- pūkenga noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- انبار noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- مخزن noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Persian
1 entries- مخزن noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Polish
4 entries- grobowiec noun (a burial vault)
- magazyn noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- powierniczka noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- powiernik noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
Portuguese
1 entries- repositório noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Russian
4 entries- вмести́лище noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- дове́ренное лицо́ noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- репозито́рий noun (storage location for computer files)
- склад noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
Spanish
3 entries- depositario noun (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
- repositorio noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- repositorio noun (storage location for computer files)
Swedish
2 entries- lager noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
- repositorium noun (storage location for computer files)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сховище noun (a location for storage, often for safety or preservation)
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The superior stability of DNA when compared to RNA most likely accounts for the former's role as the long-term repository of the genome.
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Many Linux distributions provide a trusted repository for installing software programs.
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