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

Examples of repertory in a Sentence

She acted in repertory for many years.

Recent Examples on the Web

This summer, see nine shows in repertory, four at its indoor theater; the others at the Hill are Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels, William Inge’s Picnic, Nilo Cruz’s Anna in the Tropics, and Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. —Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 19 May 2025

Both pieces are directed by Rickson and will run in repertory at Minetta Lane through June 18, with Creditors beginning on May 10. —Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025

His specialty is modernism, but there are few cooler, more technically flawless guides to a wide range of repertory than the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. —New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025

Yet over the years, its reputation has waned somewhat; in spite of its pleasures as a big screen experience, it’s rarely revived in repertory theaters and more or less forgotten by cinephiles. —Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 May 2025

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

Rhymes for repertory

• allegory
• amatory
• auditory
• category
• clerestory
• crematory
• desultory
• dilatory
• dormitory
• excretory
• extempore
• feudatory

Kids Definition

repertory

noun

rep·​er·​to·​ry ˈrep-ə(r)-ˌtōr-ē 

-ˌtȯr-

plural repertories

1

: a place where something may be found

2

a

: repertoire

b

: a company that performs different plays or pieces in the course of a season

c

: a theater in which such a company performs