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repair
1[ ri-pair ]
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.
Synonyms: amend, rejuvenate, renew
to repair damage;
to repair a deficiency.
- to make amends for; compensate:
to repair a wrong done.
Synonyms: redress
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.
repair
2[ 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.
repair
1/ rɪˈpɛə /
verb
- 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 condition
in good repair
repair
2/ rɪˈpɛə /
verb
- usually foll by to to go (to a place)
to repair to the country
- usually foll by to to have recourse (to) for help, etc
to repair to one's lawyer
- archaic.usually foll by from to come back; return
noun
- the act of going or returning
- a haunt or resort
Derived Forms
- reˈpairer, noun
- reˈpairable, adjective
Other Words From
- re·paira·ble adjective
- re·paira·bili·ty re·paira·ble·ness noun
- nonre·paira·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of repair1
Origin of repair2
Word History and Origins
Origin of repair1
Origin of repair2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He noted that Shasta and Friant dams, for example, were built in the 1940s, and they increasingly need repairs and inspections to ensure safety.
Some of those alerts led to direct action such as repairs, including cases where emissions ceased even though the oil and gas operator didn't officially provide feedback.
Clearly some fresh thinking may be needed to try to unlock the current impasse with the US and Ukraine still at odds and the Europeans struggling to find ways of repairing the diplomatic breach.
Leaseholders can feel like they have no control over costs for repairs and maintenance of the outside of their building.
Topanga Canyon Boulevard will remain closed for public safety concerns while crews work to repair damage from the Palisades fire and recent rain, the California Department of Transportation said.
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