REPERTOIRE


Meaning of REPERTOIRE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

behavioural

The elements of behavioural repertoires are resources actively mustered by self-directing organisms.

It has, therefore, through natural selection, become part of the behavioural repertoire of the house martins.

Unlike hydra, they have clearly defined head and tail ends, and a much more elaborate behavioural repertoire .

In addition, the neuronal representation and control of complex innate behavioural repertoires of strategic importance is based here.

Yet despite this capacity to learn, the behavioural repertoire of chimpanzees is rudimentary and limited compared to people.

wide

The staphylococcus family boasts a wide repertoire of plasmids, too.

Today the ensemble are well established and perform a wide and varied repertoire ranging from renaissance to contemporary music.

The singers entertained members with a wide repertoire , both modern and old, and they were warmly thanked by Elizabeth Lawrence.

■ VERB

add

Some of our cathedrals regularly add to their repertoire in this way.

The next instrument she hopes to add to her repertoire ?

You can go on learning and adding to your repertoire of behaviours for as long as there is breath in your body.

As evolution progresses, more and more features of resemblance are added to the repertoire of the insects.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Kate shouldn't have any problem finding a job with her repertoire of skills.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

Ackroyd's truest prose occurs when he applies himself to the imitation of ancient and recent writers - a repertoire of others.

Books like these contain much music which is transitory but include insufficient hymnody from the traditional repertoire .

His interests were playing and teaching the great works of the standard repertoire .

Some of them modify mental as well as bodily functions and have effects beyond the repertoire of conventional laboratory experiments in pharmacology.

Some writing is of undoubtedly high quality and may well find a place in the permanent repertoire of a wider public.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.