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Plural of repository

regular plural

The plural of repository is repositories.

Forms of repository

Singularrepository /ɹɪˈpɒz.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹɪ/
Pluralrepositories
Countablecountable

Repositories in a sentence

  • Over the years, openSNP became one of the largest repositories of its kind, used in research, education, and even community-led investigations like debunking flawed CFS genetic studies.2025 April 2, Bill Toulas, “Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns”, in BleepingComputer
  • It's not like it's that hard for people to set up their own repositories; let them gamble with their own assets.2005 May 21, Michael K. Edwards, “Bug#310994: ITP: openttd -- open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe"”, in…. From the entry Napster
  • In institutional repositories the majority of articles are of the ‘gratis’ type, though a small proportion carry an appropriate (usually Creative Commons) licence and are ‘libre’.2012, Alma Swan, “Section 3. The Importance of Open Access.”, in Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access (Open…. From the entry libre
  • As with central deployments, we can look into two different scenarios here too: either using a monorepo as a code base or starting with individual repositories to have dedicated pipelines.2021, Florian Rappl, The Art of Micro Frontends, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 40. From the entry monorepo

Meaning of repository

  1. noun A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
  2. noun A storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
  3. noun A burial vault.

Full definition of repository

Questions about the plural of repository

What is the plural of repository?
The plural of repository is repositories.
Is repository countable?
Repository is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repository (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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