repair
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)repairs, repaired, repairing
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken“She repaired her TV set”“Repair my shoes please”Synonyms: mendfixbusheldoctorfurbish uprestoretouch onMore general better, improveMore specific patch, darn, fill, tinker, point, cobble, heel, piece, sole, trouble-shoot +1 more
- make amends for; pay compensation for“One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”“She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident”Synonyms: compensaterecompenseindemnifyMore general payMore specific give
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place“He repaired to his cabin in the woods”Synonyms: resortMore general travel, go
- set straight or right“remedy these deficiencies”“rectify the inequities in salaries”“repair an oversight”Synonyms: rectifyremediateremedyamendMore general correct, rectify
- give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”“This will renovate my spirits”“This treatment repaired my health”Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimatereviverenovatequickenvivifyrevivifyMore general stimulate, arouseSimilar come to, revive
Noun (3)repairs
- the act of putting something in working order againSynonyms: fixfixingfixturemendmendingreparationType of improvementKinds care, band aid, restoration, reconstruction, darning, restitution, patching
- a formal way of referring to the condition of something“the building was in good repair”Type of condition, status
- a frequently visited placeSynonyms: haunthangoutresortstamping groundType of area, countryKinds gathering place
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Translations
Noun act of repairing something
- French
- réparation
- German
- Reparatur
- Italian
- riparazione
- Portuguese
- reparo
- Turkish
- tamir
- Russian
- ремо́нт remónt
- Arabic
- إِصْلَاح ʔiṣlāḥ
- Chinese
- 修理 xiūlǐ
- Japanese
- 修理 shūri
- Dutch
- reparatie
16 more languages
- Polish
- naprawa
- Swedish
- reparation
- Greek
- επιδιόρθωση epidiórthosi
- Vietnamese
- sửa chữa
- Portuguese (PT)
- reparo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 修理 xiūlǐ
- Czech
- oprava
- Esperanto
- riparo
- Finnish
- korjaus
- Georgian
- რემონტი remonṭi
- Hebrew
- תיקון tikún
- Latvian
- remonts
- Norwegian
- reparasjon
- Romanian
- reparație
- Serbo-Croatian
- popravak
- Yiddish
- רעפּאַראַטור reparatur
Verb to restore to good working order
- Spanish
- reparar
- French
- réparer
- German
- reparieren
- Italian
- riparare
- Portuguese
- reparar
- Turkish
- onarmak
- Russian
- ремонти́ровать remontírovatʹ
- Arabic
- أَصْلَحَ ʔaṣlaḥa
- Chinese
- 修理 xiūlǐ
- Dutch
- herstellen
23 more languages
- Polish
- naprawiać
- Swedish
- laga
- Greek
- επισκευάζω episkevázo
- Korean
- 수리하다 surihada
- Vietnamese
- sửa
- Hungarian
- megjavít
- Portuguese (PT)
- reparar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 修理 xiūlǐ
- Albanian
- ndreq
- Catalan
- reparar
- Czech
- opravit
- Danish
- reparere
- Esperanto
- ripari
- Estonian
- taastama
- Finnish
- korjata
- Georgian
- რემონტი remonti
- Icelandic
- laga
- Lithuanian
- taisyti
- Norwegian
- reparere
- Romanian
- repara
- Swahili
- rekebisha
- Welsh
- trwsio
- Yiddish
- פֿאַרריכטן farrikhtn
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate.
1. To return. obsolete
I thought... that he repaire should again.— Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Geoffrey Chaucer
Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.— Alexander Pope
Origin: OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.
1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. rare Geoffrey Chaucer
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. rare
There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair.— John Dryden
Origin: F. réparer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.
1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
Secret refreshings that repair his strength.— John Milton
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness.— William Wordsworth
2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit.
1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me.— John Milton
2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54