Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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.
3. The act of repairing something.
4. The result of repairing something.
5. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
6. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
7. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
8. To transfer oneself to another place.

Example Sentences

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

to repair a shattered fortune

Secret refreſhings, that repair his ſtrength,

Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness,

to repair a loss or damage

I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.

I took the car to the workshop for repair.

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.

Word Forms

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

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When Should You Use Repair?

Use repair when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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