repair
noun
1. the act of putting something in working order again
Similar word(s): fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
Definition categories: act, improvement
2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something
- the building was in good repair
Definition categories: state, condition, status
3. a frequently visited place
Similar word(s): hangout, haunt, resort
Definition categories: location, area, country
Sentences with repair as a noun:
- I took the car to the workshop for 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.
- our annual repair to the mountains
verb
1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- She repaired her TV set
- Repair my shoes please
Similar word(s): bushel, doctor, fix, mend, restore
Definition categories: change, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
2. make amends for; pay compensation for
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
Similar word(s): compensate, indemnify, recompense
Definition categories: possession, pay
3. move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- He repaired to his cabin in the woods
Similar word(s): resort
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
4. set straight or right
- repair an oversight
Similar word(s): amend, rectify, remediate, remedy
Definition categories: change, correct, rectify, right
5. give new life or energy to
- This treatment repaired my health
Similar word(s): animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify
Definition categories: body, arouse, brace, energise, energize, stimulate
Sentences with repair as a verb:
- to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship
- to repair a shattered fortune
- to repair a loss or damage
- to repair to sanctuary for safety