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Repair
Definitions
- 1 The act of repairing something. countable, uncountable
"I took the car to the workshop for repair."
- 2 The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
"our annual repair to the mountains"
- 3 the act of putting something in working order again wordnet
- 4 The result of repairing something. countable, uncountable
"If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork."
- 5 A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
"There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair."
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- 6 a frequently visited place wordnet
- 7 The condition of something, in respect of need for repair. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 8 a formal way of referring to the condition of something wordnet
- 1 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"
- 2 To transfer oneself to another place.
"to repair to sanctuary for safety"
- 3 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."
- 4 give new life or energy to wordnet
- 5 To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
"to repair a loss or damage"
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- 6 set straight or right wordnet
- 7 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken wordnet
- 8 move, travel, or proceed toward some place wordnet
- 9 make amends for; pay compensation for wordnet
Etymology
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
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.
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.
From re- + pair.
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