repair

Meaning

Verb

1. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of repairing something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The result of repairing something.
3. (countable, uncountable) The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.

Noun

1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
2. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

Synonyms

fix

mend

restore

renovate

correct

mending

patch

remedy

renovation

put right

fix up

correction

make good

improve

amend

arrange

renew

restoration

refit

adjust

reparation

cure

fixing

overhaul

patch up

repairing

recondition

maintenance

rectify

compensate

doctor

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sew

resort

darn

tidy up

heal

touch on

remediate

recompense

repairs

bushel

face-lift

maintain

build

make

reform

renewal

haunt

improvement

redress

Translations

réparer

riparare

reparieren

reparar

réparation

herstellen

arreglar

Reparatur

reparar

repareren

aggiustare

riparazione

verhelpen

ausbessern

reparación

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɛə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: repairen

In summary

Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).

Sentences

A young man with a backpack watches as a bicycle is suspended for repair .