repair
The act of repairing somethingThe act of repairing something.
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» He has to repair the clock.
Он должен починить часы. — sharptoothed
Він мусить полагодити годинник. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(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
The act of repairing something.
(ambitransitive, countable, uncountable)An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.
(ambitransitive, countable, uncountable)The result of repairing something.
If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
Ausbesserung, Instandsetzung
испра́вностьisprávnostʹ
(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.
(ambitransitive)The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
our annual repair to the mountains
a frequently visited place
(ambitransitive)A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
Examples
849 sentencesHe has to repair the clock.
Він мусить полагодити годинник. — deniko
ruОн должен починить часы. — sharptoothed
I had him repair my watch.
Він полагодив мій годинник. — deniko
ruОн починил мои часы. — fjay69
deIch habe ihn meine Uhr reparieren lassen. — MUIRIEL
I will have him repair this watch.
Він відремонтує мій годинник. — deniko
ruЯ заставлю его починить эти часы. — soweli_Elepanto
deIch werde ihn diese Uhr reparieren lassen. — Tamy
Tom tried to repair the broken radio.
Том намагався полагодити непрацююче радіо. — deniko
ruТом пытался починить сломанный радиоприёмник. — marafon
It cost a lot of money to repair the car.
Ремонт автомобіля коштує дорого. — ChickenKiev
ruРемонт машины стоил дорого. — marafon
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, froCoined 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: repairsSynonyms
10 synonyms- the act of putting something in working order again:fixfixingfixturemendmendingreparation
- a frequently visited place:haunthangoutresortstamping ground
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.