repair

A2 Topic:Shopping & Services

US /ɹɪˈpɛɹ/ UK /ɹɪˈpɛə/ See IPA manual

Freq #4251

Meanings

1

verb
To fix something that is broken or damaged.

He repaired my bike in less than an hour.
2

noun
The act or result of fixing something.

I took the car in for repair.
3

noun
The general condition of something, in terms of how well kept it is.

The old house was in good repair.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to fix something that is... fix mend

More amend correct furbish patch recondition rectify reform refurbishremediateremedy

Opposites

aggravate break damage hurt

Word family

Forms repairedrepairingrepairsunrepaired

Derived forms antirepairdisrepairmisrepairnonrepairphotorepairrepairabilityrepairablerepairerrepairmanrepairmentrepairosomerepairperson

Related forms improve reparationreparative

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Phrases (1)

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repair a machine
fix a broken machine

Verb + noun

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.

repairen Middle English repairier Old French repatriare la-lat

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Topics

Shopping & Services

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# repair

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈpɛɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈpɛə/
**Frequency rank:** 4251

## Meanings
1. To fix something that is broken or damaged.
2. The act or result of fixing something.
3. The general condition of something, in terms of how well kept it is.

## Examples
- He repaired my bike in less than an hour.
- I took the car in for repair.
- The old house was in good repair.

## Synonyms
- amend
- correct
- fix
- furbish
- mend
- patch
- recondition
- rectify
- reform
- refurbish
- remediate
- remedy

## Antonyms
- aggravate
- break
- damage
- hurt

## Derived Forms
- antirepair
- disrepair
- misrepair
- nonrepair
- photorepair
- repairability
- repairable
- repairer
- repairman
- repairment
- repairosome
- repairperson

## Related Forms
- improve
- reparation
- reparative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: repairen
- Root: repairier
- Root: repatriare

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Repair comes 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. Modern senses include to fix something that is broken or damaged. and the act or result of fixing something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirepair, disrepair, misrepair, nonrepair, photorepair, and repairability and related forms such as improve, reparation, and reparative.

## Topics
- Shopping & Services

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