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   Re·pair

   /rəˈper/

   

   verb

   • 1. fix or mend (a thing suffering from damage or a fault): "faulty electrical appliances should be repaired by an electrician" Similar mendfix (up)put rightset rightrestorerestore to working ordermake as good as newpatch upput back togetheroverhaulservicerenovatereconditionrehabilitaterebuildreconstructrefitadjustregulatefettleinformal:see tomenddarnsew upstitch uppatch uparchaic:clout
   • ▪ make good (such damage) by fixing or repairing it: "an operation to repair damage to his neck" Similar rectifymake goodput rightcorrectrightredressmake up formake amends formake reparation forcompensate forOpposite compound
   • ▪ put right (a damaged relationship or unwelcome situation): "the new government moved quickly to repair relations with the USA" Similar put/set rightput to rightspatch upmendfixsort outstraighten outmake betterimproverighthealcureremedyretrieveOpposite wreckworsendestroy

   noun

   • 1. the action of fixing or mending something: "the truck was beyond repair" Similar restorationfixing (up)renovationrebuildingreconstructionmendingservicingimprovementadjustmentarchaic:reparation
   • ▪ a result of fixing or mending: "a coat of French polish was brushed over the repair" Similar menddarnpatch
   • ▪ the relative physical condition of an object: "the existing hospital is in a bad state of repair" Similar conditionworking orderstateshapeformfettleinformal:nick

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- ‘back’ + parare ‘make ready’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. repairer noun

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   What is a good repair?

   • a. an instance or operation of repairing. b. a repaired part or an addition made in repairing. 6. the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair. 7. condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair.

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   What is the difference between repair and patch?

   • mend, repair, patch, rebuild mean to put into good order something that is injured, damaged, or defective. mend implies making whole or sound something broken, torn, or injured. repair applies to the fixing of more extensive damage or dilapidation. patch implies an often temporary fixing of a hole or break with new material.

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   What does repair to mean?

   • Need even more definitions? Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of REPAIR TO is to go to (a place) —sometimes used humorously. How to use repair to in a sentence.

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   What is a synonym for repair?

   • See repairs 8. 9. SYNONYMS 1. remodel, renovate. 2. patch, fix, amend. See renew. 3. retrieve, recoup. 4. redress. ANTONYMS 1–3. break, destroy. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting. Synonyms: amend, rejuvenate, renew. to remedy; make good; put right: to repair damage; to repair a deficiency. Synonyms: recoup, retrieve. to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done. Synonyms: redress. noun.

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   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. “She repaired her TV set”. “ Repair my shoes please”. synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on. see more. verb. set straight or right. “ repair an oversight”. synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy.

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