Repair

Quick meaning: Repair is a verb meaning To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

Meaning

To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

More Meanings

1. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
2. The act of repairing something.
3. The result of repairing something.
4. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
5. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
6. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
7. To transfer oneself to another place.

Example Sentences

to repair a loss or damage

to repair a shattered fortune

I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.

to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship

Word Forms

• repairs
• repairing
• repaired
• repairest
• repairedst
• repaireth
• re-pair

Synonyms for repair

Depending on context, synonyms include amend, correct, fix, fix up, furbish, retrieve.

Antonyms for repair

Common opposites include aggravate, break, damage, hurt, bust.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mending, mend, fixing, restore, reparation, hangout.

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