repair

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To fix something that is broken or damaged.

   He repaired my bike in less than an hour.

2. 2
   noun

   The act or result of fixing something.

   I took the car in for repair.

3. 3
   noun

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

   The old house was in good repair.

Common collocations

• repair a machine Verb + noun

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.

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