repair

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a formal way of referring to the condition of something

   the building was in good repair

2. 2
   verb

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   I repaired my TV set.

3. 3
   verb

   move, travel, or proceed toward some place

   They repaired to their cabin in the woods.

4. 4
   verb

   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

5. 5
   verb

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

   to repair a loss or damage

6. 6
   noun

   The act of repairing something.

   I took the car to the workshop for repair.

7. 7
   noun

   The result of repairing something.

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

8. 8
   noun

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

   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.

Etymology

From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.