What does Repair mean?
Definitions for Repair
rɪˈpɛərre·pair
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Repair.
Princeton's WordNet
repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparationnoun
the act of putting something in working order again
repairnoun
a formal way of referring to the condition of something
"the building was in good repair"
haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping groundverb
a frequently visited place
repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
"She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
compensate, recompense, repair, indemnifyverb
make amends for; pay compensation for
"One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
repair, resortverb
move, travel, or proceed toward some place
"He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amendverb
set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivifyverb
give new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Repairnoun
Reparation; supply of loss; restoration after dilapidation.
Etymology: from the verb.
Before the curing of a strong disease,
Ev’n in the instant of repair and health,
The fit is strongest. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Temperance, in all methods of curing the gout, is a regular and simple diet, proportioning the daily repairs to the daily decays of our wasting bodies. William Temple, Miscellanies.
All automata need a frequent repair of new strength, the causes whence their motion does proceed, being subject to fail. John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick.
Repairnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
So ’scapes th’ insulting fire his narrow jail,
And makes small outlets into open air;
There the fierce winds his tender force assail,
And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden.The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses, and for a preservation of the peace. Edward Hyde.
To REPAIRverb
Etymology: reparo, Lat. reparer, Fr.
Let the priests repair the breaches of the house. 2 Kings.
The fines imposed were the more repined against, because they were assigned to the rebuilding and repairing of St. Paul’s Church. Edward Hyde.
Heav’n soon repair’d her mural breach. John Milton.
He justly hath driv’n out his rebel foes
To deepest hell; and to repair their loss
Created this new happy race of men. John Milton, Par. Lost.To be reveng’d,
And to repair his numbers thus impair’d. John Milton.To Repairverb
To go to; to betake himself.
Etymology: repairer, Fr.
May all to Athens back again repair. William Shakespeare.
Depart from hence in peace,
Search the wide world, and where you please repair. Dryd.’Tis fix’d; th’ irrevocable doom of Jove:
Haste then, Cyllenius, through the liquid air,
Go mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
repair
The technical meaning of maintenance involves functional checks, servicing, repairing or replacing of necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure, and supporting utilities in industrial, business, and residential installations. Over time, this has come to include multiple wordings that describe various cost-effective practices to keep equipment operational; these activities occur either before or after a failure.
ChatGPT
repair
Repair refers to the process of restoring or fixing something that is broken, damaged, or not working properly. It typically involves the tasks of diagnosing the problem, determining the best possible solution, fixing or replacing the necessary parts, and checking to ensure the problem is resolved. It can apply to various objects such as buildings, machinery, electronic devices, or even abstract concepts like relationships or reputation.
Webster Dictionary
Repairverb
to return
Repairverb
to go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety
Repairnoun
the act of repairing or resorting to a place
Repairnoun
place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort
Repairverb
to restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune
Repairverb
to make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage
Repairnoun
restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city
Repairnoun
condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair
Etymology: [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Repair
rē-pār′, v.i. to betake one's self to: to go: to resort.—n. a retreat or abode. [O. Fr. repairer, to return to a haunt—Low L. répatriāre, to return to one's country—L. re-, back, patria, native country.]
Repair
rē-pār′, v.t. to restore after injury: to make amends for: to make good, as a loss: to mend: (Spens.) to recover into position, as a weapon.—n. restoration after injury or decay: supply of loss.—ns. Repair′er, one who restores or amends; Repair′ment; Reparabil′ity.—adj. Rep′arable, that may be repaired.—adv. Rep′arably.—n. Reparā′tion, repair: supply of what is wasted: amends.—adj. Repar′ative, amending defect or injury.—n. that which restores to a good state: that which makes amends. [O. Fr. reparer—L. reparāre—re-, again, parāre, to prepare.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
repair
The restoration of an item to serviceable condition through correction of a specific failure or unserviceable condition.
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Rank popularity for the word 'Repair' in Nouns Frequency: #1513
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Rank popularity for the word 'Repair' in Verbs Frequency: #762
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Repair in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Repair in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Repair in a Sentence
Studies show women who have later menopause tend to live longer and have an enhanced ability to repair their DNA, but women with natural menopause before the age of 40 are twice as likely to die( early) compared with women going through natural menopause between the ages 50 to 54.
General Motors has committed to introducing more than 30 new EVs through 2025, leveraging our Ultium Platform, so we hope Bolt customers will stay with us as we work through the recall repair process and also continue to find EVs that fit their needs in the future.
Thanks to its beauty, Koh Tachai has become a popular tourist site for both Thai and foreign tourists. This has resulted in overcrowding and the degradation of natural resources and the environment, we have to close it to allow the rehabilitation of the environment both on the island and in the sea without being disturbed by tourism activities before the damage is beyond repair.
As we age, we experience slower and less complete healing of our tissues, we wanted to understand what controls that regenerative ability and how fasting impacts this process. We found that fasting induces resilience in muscle stem cells so that they survive during deprivation and are available to repair muscle when nutrients are again available.
When you use the term reparations, we would like for it to be associated with the full repair of human beings, to close the racial income gap, housing can only be a portion of it, maybe a silo of it.
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- صلح, أصلحArabic
- oprava, opravit, spravitCzech
- reparieren, Reparatur, Ausbesserung, InstandsetzungGerman
- επισκευή, επισκευάζω, επιδιορθώνω, επιδιόρθωσηGreek
- ripari, riparo, riparadoEsperanto
- reparación, repararSpanish
- taastamaEstonian
- تعمیرPersian
- korjata, remontoida, kunnostaa, korjaaminen, lempipaikka, siirtyä, lomamatka, korjausFinnish
- réparer, réparationFrench
- deisighIrish
- मरम्मतHindi
- megjavít, javításHungarian
- riparareItalian
- תיקוןHebrew
- 修理Japanese
- 수리하다, 고치다, 수리Korean
- چاککردنKurdish
- reparatie, herstellenDutch
- reparering, reparasjonNorwegian
- naprawa, naprawiaćPolish
- reparo, repararPortuguese
- reparaRomanian
- ремонтировать, чинить, починка, ремонтRussian
- reparera, reparation, lagaSwedish
- rekebishaSwahili
- பழுதுTamil
- tamir etmekTurkish
- مرمتUrdu
- chửa, sửa chữa, sửaVietnamese
- 修理Chinese
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