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Repertoire: meaning, example and synonyms

Repertoiren. The full range of skills, works, or techniques a person or group can perform or use.

Flashcard for Repertoire (noun): the full range of skills, works, or techniques a person or group can perform or use. Example: By expanding its repertoire beyond classical pieces to include folk arrangements, the chamber ensemble drew audiences who had never attended a concert. Synonyms: range, stock, collection, inventory. Antonyms: narrow range, limitation. Memory tip: Like a repertory theater: a stock of plays always ready to perform. Illustration: a fully clothed musician seated on a stage surrounded by many different instruments, a violin, flute, guitar and drum, arranged in a semicircle ready to be played; no written words.

Example

By expanding its repertoire beyond classical pieces to include folk arrangements, the chamber ensemble drew audiences who had never attended a concert.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
range, stock, collection, inventory
Antonyms
narrow range, limitation
Memory tip
Like a repertory theater: a stock of plays always ready to perform.

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Question 1

Over three seasons, the touring company expanded its ______ from two comedies to more than a dozen plays, allowing it to stay in one town for weeks without repeating a show.

Question 2

Field researchers observed that young crows gradually acquire a broader ______ of calls, learning distinct sounds for hawks, foxes, and approaching humans.

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