Meaning

6 senses
  1. (ambitransitive, countable, uncountable)The act of repairing something.

    I took the car to the workshop for repair.

    Reparatur

    ремо́нтremónt, почи́нкаpočínka

    ремо́нтremónt, напра́ваnapráva

    the act of putting something in working order again

  2. The act of repairing something.

    (ambitransitive, countable, uncountable)An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.

  3. (ambitransitive, countable, uncountable)The result of repairing something.

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

    Ausbesserung, Instandsetzung

    испра́вностьisprávnostʹ

  4. (ambitransitive, countable, uncountable)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.

  5. (ambitransitive)The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

    our annual repair to the mountains

    a frequently visited place

  6. (ambitransitive)A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

Examples

849 sentences
  1. He has to repair the clock.

    Він мусить полагодити годинник.

    ruОн должен починить часы.

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  2. I had him repair my watch.

    Він полагодив мій годинник.

    ruОн починил мои часы.

    deIch habe ihn meine Uhr reparieren lassen.

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  3. I will have him repair this watch.

    Він відремонтує мій годинник.

    ruЯ заставлю его починить эти часы.

    deIch werde ihn diese Uhr reparieren lassen.

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  4. Tom tried to repair the broken radio.

    Том намагався полагодити непрацююче радіо.

    ruТом пытался починить сломанный радиоприёмник.

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  5. It cost a lot of money to repair the car.

    Ремонт автомобіля коштує дорого.

    ruРемонт машины стоил дорого.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of repairing something:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of repairing something:
result of repairing something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of repairing something:
result of repairing something:

Origin

Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, fro

Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).

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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Forms

plural: repairs
Singularrepair
Pluralrepairs

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • my watch repaired
  • to repair this
  • repair the broken
  • to be repaired
  • repair this camera
  • my car repaired
  • trying to repair
  • car repaired
  • repair my watch
  • being being repaired
  • able to repair
  • watch repaired

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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