Meaning of repair | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy
2. The act of repairing something.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
4. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for
5. To make repairs.
6. The result of repairing something.
   countable, uncountable
7. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
8. The act of repairing something
9. To restore to proper condition or functioning:doctor, fix, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, revamp, right.
10. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
    countable, uncountable
11. The result of repairing something
12. (negative unrepairable) able to be mended. herstelbaar قابِل للتَّرْميم поправим reparável opravitelný reparaturbedürftig kan repareres; kan istandsættes επιδιορθώσιμος reparable parandatav قابل تعمیر korjattavissa réparable נִיתָן לְתִיקוּן मरम्मत योग्य popravljiv, nadoknadiv megjavítható bisa diperbaiki viðgerðarhæfur riparabile 修理できる 수리할 수 있는 pataisomas, suremontuojamas remontējams; labojams boleh diperbaiki herstelbaar som kan repareres do naprawienia د تعمیر وړ reparável reparabil поддаю...
    negative
13. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair
14. able to be put right. herstelbaar قابِل للتَّصْليح поправим remediável opravitelný wieder gutzumachen kan rettes op på; kan gøres god igen επανορθώσιμος reparable, recuperable heastatav جبران پذیر korjattavissa réparable נִיתָן לְתִיקוּן दुरूस्ती के योग्य popravljiv, nadoknadiv kijavítható bisa diperbaiki sem hægt er að bæta upp/lagfæra riparabile 償いのつく 정정 가능한 atitaisomas labojams; atlīdzināms boleh memperbaiki herstelbaar som kan rettes opp, bøtes på do powetowania/naprawienia نه جبرانونكي r...
15. a man who repairs televisions etc. herstelman مُصَلِّح телевизионен техник técnico opravář der/die Mechaniker(in) reparatør επιδιορθωτής reparador remondimees مکانیک؛ تعمیر کننده korjaaja réparateur/-trice מתקן मरम्मत करने वाला व्यक्ति serviser, mehaničar szerelő tukang reparasi viðgerðarmaður tecnico 修理屋 수리공 taisytojas, meistras labotājs; meistars pembaik-pulih reparateurreparatørelektryk, mechanik مستری técnico reparator мастер по ремонту opravár popravljalec majstor reparatör ช่างซ่อมแซม t...
    etc
16. To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix: repaired the broken watch.
17. To set right; remedy: repair an oversight.
18. To restore or renew: repair the immune system.
19. To make up for or compensate for (a loss or wrong, for example).
20. The work, act, or process of repairing.

Equivalents

Examples

“I took the car to the workshop for repair.”

“One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.”

“If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.”

“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.”

“The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.”

“Thirteen houses were damaged beyond repair, and much of the rest of the town suffered broken windows and lost slates.”

“our annual repair to the mountains”

“The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.”

“There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair.”

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