English Explanatory Dictionary

repair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. The act of repairing something.
  2. An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.
  3. The result of repairing something.
  4. 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.
verb
  1. To transfer oneself to another place.
verb
  1. To pair again.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpɛə/ /ɹɪˈpɛɹ/ /ɹəˈpɛɹ/ En-us-repair.ogg /ɹɪˈpɛɚ/ /ɹəˈpɛɚ/ /ˈriːpɛə/ /ˈriːpɛɚ/

Word forms

repair repairs repairing repaired no-table-tags glossary repairest repairedst repaireth re-pair

Etymology

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

Synonyms

amend correct fix fix up furbish retrieve make whole mend patch put to rights rectify recondition reform refurbish remediate remedy renew renovate restore restrive revamp right

Antonyms

aggravate break damage hurt make matters worse

Related words

improve reparation reparative

Derived words

misrepair photorepair repairability repairable reparable repairer repairment repairosome right to repair antirepair chancel repair liability credit repair disrepair in bad repair in good repair mismatch repair cancer syndrome nonrepair repair heddle repairman repairperson repair shop repairwoman right of repair self-repair unrepair repatriate

Translations

Albanian: riparim Arabic: تَصْلِيح Arabic: إِصْلَاح Arabic: تَرْمِيم Arabic: مَرَمَّة Armenian: վերանորոգում Assamese: মেৰামতি Azerbaijani: təmir Belarusian: рамо́нт Belarusian: рэмо́нт Belarusian: напра́ва Bulgarian: попра́вка Bulgarian: ремо́нт Burmese: ပြုပြင်ခြင်း Catalan: reparació Chinese Mandarin: 修理 Czech: oprava Danish: reparation Dutch: reparatie Esperanto: riparado Estonian: remont Finnish: korjaus Finnish: korjaaminen French: réparation Georgian: რემონტი German: Reparatur Greek: επισκευή Greek: επιδιόρθωση Hebrew: תיקון Hebrew: תִּקּוּן Hindi: मरम्मत Hungarian: javítás Icelandic: viðgerð Icelandic: bæting Icelandic: lagfæring Ido: reparo Indonesian: perbaikan Irish: deisiú Japanese: 修理 Kazakh: жөндеу Khmer: ការកែ Khmer: ការសមសែម Korean: 수리 Kyrgyz: ремонт Lao: ການສ້ອມ Lao: ການສ້ອມແປງ Lao: ການສ້ອມແຊມ Latgalian: taiseit Latgalian: pruoveit Latgalian: lobuot Latvian: remonts Lithuanian: remontas Macedonian: поправка Malay: pembaikpulihan Norwegian Bokmål: reparasjon Norwegian Bokmål: reparering Dari: تَعْمِیر Dari: مَرَمَّت Dari: تَرْمِیم
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