Repair Definition

rĭ-pâr
repaired, repairing, repairs
verb
repaired, repairing, repairs
To put back in good condition after damage, decay, etc.; mend; fix.
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To go or betake oneself (to a place)
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To go often, customarily, or in numbers.
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To renew; restore; revive.
To repair one's health.
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To amend; set right; remedy.
To repair a mistake.
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noun
repairs
The act, process, or work of repairing.
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An instance of repairing or work done in repairing.
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The state of being repaired, or fit for use.
A car kept in repair.
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State with respect to being repaired.
A house in bad repair.
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General condition after use or repairing.
In good repair.
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Other Word Forms of Repair

Noun

Singular:
repair
Plural:
repairs

Origin of Repair

  • Middle English reparen, repairen from Old French reparer from Latin reparāre re- re- parāre to prepare, put in order perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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 Wiktionary

  • Middle English repairen to return from Old French repairier from Late Latin repatriāre to return to one's country repatriate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • From re- +"Ž pair.

    From Wiktionary

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