repair

1. 1

   To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.ambitransitive

   • to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
   • to repair a shattered fortune
2. 2

   To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.ambitransitive

   • to repair a loss or damage
   • How can I repair this wrong?

syn. amend · correct · fix · fix up · furbish · retrieve · make whole · mend · patch · put to rights · rectify · recondition

ant. aggravate · break · damage · hurt · make matters worse

1. 1

   The act of repairing something.ambitransitivecountableuncountable

   • I took the car to the workshop for repair.
2. 2

   The act of repairing something.; An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.ambitransitivecountableuncountable

   • The ability to participate in conversational repair sequences constitutes an integral part of the language acquisition process (Gallagher, 1977; Garvey, 1975).
3. 3

   The result of repairing something.ambitransitivecountableuncountable

   • If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
4. 4

   The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.ambitransitivecountableuncountable

   • 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.

1. 1

   The act of repairing or resorting to a place.ambitransitive

   • our annual repair to the mountains
2. 2

   A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.ambitransitive

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

1. 1

   To transfer oneself to another place.ambitransitive

   • to repair to sanctuary for safety

syn. amend · correct · fix · fix up · furbish · retrieve · make whole · mend · patch · put to rights · rectify · recondition

ant. aggravate · break · damage · hurt · make matters worse

1. 1

   To pair again.ambitransitive

   • Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.

syn. amend · correct · fix · fix up · furbish · retrieve · make whole · mend · patch · put to rights · rectify · recondition

ant. aggravate · break · damage · hurt · make matters worse