repertoire
repertoire Lexical Profile
repertoire Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A stock of plays, dances, or musical pieces that a company or a performer knows and is prepared to perform.
"The classical pianist added several challenging contemporary compositions to her concert repertoire."
The complete range of skills, techniques, behaviors, or capabilities available to a particular person, group, or system.
"A good teacher possesses a wide repertoire of instructional strategies to engage different types of learners."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Repertoire" and "repertory" are largely synonymous when referring to a stock of plays or musical pieces, though "repertory" is the preferred term for a type of theater company that presents works from a fixed list in rotation.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-19th century from French répertoire, which derives from Late Latin repertorium ("an inventory or list"), from the Latin verb reperire ("to find" or "to discover").