repair

[ ri-pair ]

/ rɪˈpɛər /

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verb (used with object)

to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.

to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting.

to remedy; make good; put right: to repair damage;to repair a deficiency.

to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done.

noun

an act, process, or work of repairing: to order the repair of a building.

Usually repairs.

an instance or operation of repairing: to lay up a boat for repairs.
a repaired part or an addition made in repairing: Seventeenth-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.

repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement.

the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair.

condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair.

OTHER WORDS FOR repair

1 fix, remodel, renovate.

2 renew, rejuvenate, amend.

3 retrieve, recoup.

4 redress.

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OPPOSITES FOR repair

1 break, destroy.

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Origin of repair

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English reparen, repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparāre, equivalent to re- re- + parāre to prepare; see pare

synonym study for repair

2. See renew.

OTHER WORDS FROM repair

re·pair·a·ble, adjectivere·pair·a·bil·i·ty, re·pair·a·ble·ness, nounnon·re·pair·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH repair

reparable, repairable

Other definitions for repair (2 of 2)

repair²

[ ri-pair ]

/ rɪˈpɛər /

verb (used without object)

to betake oneself; go, as to a place: He repaired in haste to Washington.

to go frequently or customarily.

noun

a resort or haunt.

the act of going or going customarily; resort: to have repair to the country.

Scot. Obsolete. a meeting, association, or crowd of people.

Origin of repair

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English repairen, repeiren, from Old French repairier, repeirier, “to return,” from Late Latin repatriāre “to return to one's homeland”; see origin at repatriate

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How to use repair in a sentence

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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She ultimately ditched JSwipe after about a week and found her current, non-Jewish, boyfriend on OkCupid.
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An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.
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The distinction between over-policing and non-responsiveness was alive and well in Bed-Stuy.
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Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.
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The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
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He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.
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De moi, je ne say qu'en dire, d'autant que je ne veux affirmer ny le si ny le non en ce dont je n'ay vidence.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Certes le capitaine Merveilles et ses gens monstrerent leur pit non vulgaire.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
It teaches you to take your time, or as the Germans call it, it gives you "Ruhe (repose)," the grand sine qua non!
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British Dictionary definitions for repair (1 of 2)

repair¹

/ (rɪˈpɛə) /

verb (tr)

to restore (something damaged or broken) to good condition or working order

to heal (a breach or division) in (something)to repair a broken marriage

to make good or make amends for (a mistake, injury, etc)

noun

the act, task, or process of repairing

a part that has been repaired

state or conditionin good repair

Derived forms of repair

repairable, adjectiverepairer, noun

Word Origin for repair

C14: from Old French reparer, from Latin reparāre, from re- + parāre to make ready

British Dictionary definitions for repair (2 of 2)

repair²

/ (rɪˈpɛə) /

verb (intr)

(usually foll by to) to go (to a place)to repair to the country

(usually foll by to) to have recourse (to) for help, etcto repair to one's lawyer

(usually foll by from) archaic to come back; return

noun archaic

the act of going or returning

a haunt or resort

Word Origin for repair

C14: from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriāre to return to one's native land, from Latin re- + patria fatherland; compare repatriate

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Medical definitions for repair

repair

[ rĭ-pâr′ ]

To restore to a healthy or functioning condition after damage or injury.

Restoration of diseased or damaged tissues naturally or by surgical means.

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