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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. (Performing Arts / Theatre) short for repertory company [from Late Latin repertōrium storehouse, from Latin reperīre to obtain, from re- + parere to bring forth] repertorial adj Repertory provincial theatres collectively; a treasury or book in which anything is to be found—Johnson, 1755; a storehouse of knowledge; repertoire. Examples: repertory of unconnected criticism, 1839; of all histories, 1593; of German lyric stage, 1845; of statutes and usages, 1868.
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repertory noun repertoire, list, range, stock, supply, store, collection, repository Her repertory of songs was vast. Translations repertory [ˈrepətərɪ] A. N (= stock) → repertorio m B. CPD repertory company N → compañía f de repertorio repertory theatre, repertory theater (US) N → teatro m de repertorio repertory [ˈrɛpərtəri] n (also repertory theatre) → théâtre m de répertoire repertory company n → troupe f théâtrale permanente repertory n (also repertory theatre) → Repertoire-Theater nt; to act in repertory, to play repertory → Repertoire-Stücke spielen; he was in repertory → er spielte an einem Repertoire-Theater (= songs, plays) = repertoire repertory [ˈrɛpət/ərɪ] 1. n (Theatre) (fig) (of jokes, songs) → repertorio to act in repertory → far parte di una compagnia di repertorio repertory [ˈrɛpət/ərɪ] 1. n (Theatre) (fig) (of jokes, songs) → repertorio to act in repertory → far parte di una compagnia di repertorio How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Several of Ibsen's plays were on the repertory for the winter; Sudermann's Die Ehre was then a new play, and on its production in the quiet university town caused the greatest excitement; it was extravagantly praised and bitterly attacked; other dramatists followed with plays written under the modern influence, and Philip witnessed a series of works in which the vileness of mankind was displayed before him. When the band had exhausted its repertory it took wing and settled upon the rocks above and behind the queen. They held conversations together, Loulou repeating the three phrases of his repertory over and over, Felicite replying by words that had no greater meaning, but in which she poured out her feelings. |
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