repair.
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
Meaning & usage
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
to repair a shattered fortune
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
to repair a loss or damage
How can I repair this wrong?
Where this word comes from
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
The act of repairing something.
I took the car to the workshop for repair.
The act of repairing something. An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.
The result of repairing something.
If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
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.
Where this word comes from
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
our annual repair to the mountains
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.
To transfer oneself to another place.
to repair to sanctuary for safety
Where this word comes from
From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pair English repair From re- + pair.
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