repair
//ɹɪˈpɛə//
Forms
- present (v1)
- repair
- past (v2)
- repaired
- past participle (v3)
- repaired
- present participle
- repairing
- 3rd person singular
- repairs
- Plural
- repairs
Definitions
1.To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- I won't be able to repair that.
2.To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- I won't be able to repair that.
3.To transfer oneself to another place.
- Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
- At the hour of half-past five we repaired to our engagement.
- That finished, I repaired to my room, one flight up, and, after a thorough wash, seated myself, pipe in mouth, at the little window that opened on the Rue Garde.
4.To pair again.
- Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.
1.The act of repairing something.
- I took the car to the workshop for repair.
- The ability to participate in conversational repair sequences constitutes an integral part of the language acquisition process (Gallagher, 1977; Garvey, 1975).
- One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
2.The result of repairing something.
- If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
3.The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
- Thirteen houses were damaged beyond repair, and much of the rest of the town suffered broken windows and lost slates.
- The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.
- The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
4.The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4204
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen
From Middle French reparer
From Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).