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repair

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[ ri-pair ]

verb (used with object)

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

    to repair a motor.

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  2. to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.:

    to repair one's health by resting.

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  3. to remedy; make good; put right:

    to repair damage;

    to repair a deficiency.

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  4. to make amends for; compensate:

    to repair a wrong done.

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noun

  1. an act, process, or work of repairing:

    to order the repair of a building.

  2. Usually repairs.
    1. an instance or operation of repairing:

      to lay up a boat for repairs.

    2. a repaired part or an addition made in repairing:

      Seventeenth-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.

  3. 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.
  4. the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing:

    to keep in repair.

  5. condition with respect to soundness and usability:

    a house in good repair.

repair

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[ ri-pair ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to betake oneself; go, as to a place:

    He repaired in haste to Washington.

  2. to go frequently or customarily.

noun

  1. a resort or haunt.
  2. the act of going or going customarily; resort:

    to have repair to the country.

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

repair

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/ ɪˈɛə /

verb

  1. to restore (something damaged or broken) to good condition or working order
  2. to heal (a breach or division) in (something)

    to repair a broken marriage

  3. to make good or make amends for (a mistake, injury, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act, task, or process of repairing
  2. a part that has been repaired
  3. state or condition

    in good repair

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

repair

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/ ɪˈɛə /

verb

  1. usually foll by to to go (to a place)

    to repair to the country

  2. usually foll by to to have recourse (to) for help, etc

    to repair to one's lawyer

  3. archaic.
    usually foll by from to come back; return
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of going or returning
  2. a haunt or resort
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ貹, noun
  • ˈ貹, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of repair1

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

Origin of repair2

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English repairen, repeiren, from Old French repairier, repeirier, “to return,” from Late Latin 貹ٰ “to return to one's homeland”; repatriate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of repair1

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

Origin of repair2

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

See renew.
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Example Sentences

The couple said equipment breaking down, including two vans - one of which resulted in a £10,000 repair bill - had contributed to the decision.

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The country can now start to repair and move forward, the first step being to elect a new leader.

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"As with any internal pipework, this is the responsibility of homeowners to maintain, repair or replace," they added.

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Freeman has been out since he slipped in the shower at his home Sunday and fell, aggravating the right ankle he had surgically repaired this offseason in the process.

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"It is devastating that the relationship between the charity's trustees and the chair of the board broke down beyond repair, creating an untenable situation," those trustees leaving the charity said a statement.

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