repair
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
Verb 4 meanings
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
“to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship”
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
“to repair a loss or damage”
To transfer oneself to another place.
“to repair to sanctuary for safety”
To pair again.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of repairing something.
“I took the car to the workshop for repair.”
The result of repairing something.
“If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.”
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
“our annual repair to the mountains”
Etymology
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
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REPAIR at a glance
REPAIR has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + P 3 + A 1 + I 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,513 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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