Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The stock of songs, plays, operas, readings, or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform.
- n. The class of compositions in a genre: has excellent command of the chanteuse repertoire.
- n. The range or number of skills, aptitudes, or special accomplishments of a particular person or group.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A repertory; specifically, in music and the drama, the list of works which a performer or company of performers has carefully studied, and is ready to perform.
Wiktionary
- n. A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display
- n. A set of skills possessed by a person. A collection of items.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
- n. a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French répertoire, from Late Latin repertorium ("an inventory, list, repertory"), from Latin reperire ("to find, find out, discover, invent"), from re- ("again") + parire, usually parere ("to produce"). (Wiktionary)
- French répertoire, from Old French, from Late Latin repertōrium; see repertory. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“When your entire college sexual repertoire is spread across the Internet for the world to read, it might be a disheartening experience.”
“The Lenten repertoire is not the same as the Easter repertoire or the Advent repertoire.”
“The performing repertoire is getting smaller and smaller, to the point where we may need reminding that there is more to music than Mozart, Beethoven and, yes, Mahler.”
“It's all red-faced denials, rage, deflection, lies, stony silence -- the entire repertoire is there.”
“Though the band's repertoire is largely instrumental, the new album features many guest vocalists, some who joined them for the show.”
“Another item in the Mexican sandwich repertoire is the cemita (sometimes spelled "semita") a popular regional treat in Central Mexico.”
“This isn't always a bad thing — I'm a big punk rock fan, and most of the classic punk repertoire is high-octane blocks of undifferentiated mood.”
“In sum, this gorgeous repertoire is accessible to all voices.”
“In fact, most of their concert repertoire is by living composers.”
“But adding it to his potent repertoire is not likely.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘repertoire’.
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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gre
municipal, whit, dissembler, berate, liberally, embellish, dissimilitude, histrionics, flamboyance, bombastic, bovine, calumny and 142 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
funky, pedal, bebop, rap, mix, sub, mid, rag, ECM, bpm, bop, Afro and 437 more...
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jaydrox's list
Mah list!
mediocracy, captivatingly, devastatingly, dazedly, heavenly, flawless, copious, conviction, synoptic, amalgamation, prefatory, precursory and 150 more...
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GRE Study guide
Going through the Magoosh website, words I pulled from the verbal section. 2012.
magnanimous, correlate, anglicized, simulacrum, tantamount, obsequiousness, subterfuge, vehement, vociferous, benign, concomitant, veracity and 83 more...
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jilma's list
favorite sounding words
alchemy, missoula, tenacity, colibrí, lilith, tangible, tangle, emblazoned, brazen, willowy, baroque, macabre and 35 more...
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The pretty ones
fiery, lithe, languorous, wax lyrical, resplendent, pithy, gossamer, loquacious, flummox, eschew, ardor, epiphany and 16 more...
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
flimsy, feeble, ranting, ramble, narky, snazzy, yoghurt, bulbous, pustule, globulous, geranium, megalomaniac and 521 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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French Words & Phrases
Bonjour! (;
carte blanche, coup de grâce, cul-de-sac, faux pas, repertoire, bourgeois, verve, à la mode, en bloc
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I do not like them, Sam I Am
Words that, for various reasons, I wish we could do without.
copacetic, gamut, horehound, lewd, membrane, metrics, mucous, mucus, negligee, nostril, odious, odor and 143 more...
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vmarinelli's Words
canard, gumption, inexorable, insouciance, inviolable, mordant, euphonious, sawbuck, carpe diem, pay dirt, adipocere, profligate and 496 more...
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French words in German language
words and phrases with french background commonly used in the german language, so-called "Gallizismen"
trottoir, paravent, rayon, perron, fauteuil, garage, arrangement, etablissement, portemonnaie, parterre, coupé, voliere and 123 more...
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Aequoria's list
affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for repertoire.
artoparts An a&r (person or occupation/position) refers to artist and répertoire, in the music industry. Oct 9, 2008