repair

[ri-pair]

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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; make up for: 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: 17th-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.

Origin of repair

1300–50; Middle English repairen < Middle French reparer < Latin reparāre, equivalent to re- re- + parāre to prepare; see pare

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

Can be confusedreparable repairable

Synonyms for repair

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1. remodel, renovate. 2. patch, fix, amend. See renew. 3. retrieve, recoup. 4. redress.

Antonyms for repair

1–3. break, destroy.

repair

[ri-pair]

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

1300–50; Middle English repairen < Old French repairier to return < Late Latin repatriāre to return to one's fatherland; see repatriate

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Related Words for repaired

remodeled, corrected, renewed, improved, mended, rebuilt, settled, adjusted, rectified, remedied

Examples from the Web for repaired

Contemporary Examples of repaired

The buildings under metal braces will be repaired; those jacked up with wooden planks will likely not.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 18, 2014
The result is a massive backlog of aircraft that must be repaired.
Navy Grounds Top Guns
Dave Majumdar
October 17, 2014
Time will tell if the friendships frayed by this conflict will ever be repaired.
Summer 2014 Was the Worst Ever
Dean Obeidallah
August 29, 2014
Most of these cracks had been repaired, but not to the satisfaction of Boleyn and Prouty.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry
Jim Epstein
November 2, 2013
The shutdown is over but its harm to the military still needs to be repaired.
With the Govt Open it’s Time to Repair National Security
Andrew Borene
October 17, 2013

Historical Examples of repaired

He felt morally bound to get it repaired, though he was guiltless of the damage.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
You can get it repaired, so that it will look almost as well as new.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
Did away with one pack-saddle, and repaired the others with the wool.
Explorations in Australia
John Forrest
Houses and offices were being altered or repaired or rebuilt.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. Ervine
We got it all out in a few days, when we went into a dry dock, and repaired.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for repaired

repair

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 Formsrepairable, adjectiverepairer, noun

Word Origin for repair

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

repair

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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Word Origin and History for repaired

repair

v.1

"to mend, to put back in order," mid-14c., from Old French reparer "repair, mend" (12c.), from Latin reparare "restore, put back in order," from re- "again" (see re-) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Related: Repaired; repairing.

repair

v.2

"go" (to a place), c.1300, from Old French repairer "to frequent, return (to one's country)," earlier repadrer, from Late Latin repatriare "return to one's own country" (see repatriate). Related: Repaired; repairing.

repair

1590s, "act of restoring, restoration after decay," from repair (v.1). Meaning "state or condition in respect to reparation" is from c.1600.

repaired in Medicine

repair

[rĭ-pâr′]

v.

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

n.

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