repair
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged conditionTo restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
» He has to repair the clock.
Он должен починить часы. — sharptoothed
Він мусить полагодити годинник. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(ambitransitive)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
to repair a shattered fortune
reparieren
ремонти́роватьremontírovatʹ, отремонти́роватьotremontírovatʹ, чини́тьčinítʹ
ремонтува́тиremontuváty, відремонтува́тиvidremontuváty, ла́годитиláhodyty
(ambitransitive)To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
to repair a loss or damage
How can I repair this wrong?
make amends for; pay compensation for
(ambitransitive)To transfer oneself to another place.
to repair to sanctuary for safety
begeben
(ambitransitive)To pair again.
Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.
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
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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
repairs, repairing, repaired, repairedSynonyms
37 synonyms- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken:mendfixbusheldoctorfurbish uprestoretouch on
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place:resort
- make amends for; pay compensation for:compensaterecompenseindemnify
- set straight or right:rectifyremediateremedyamend
- give new life or energy to:animaterecreate-vreanimatereviverenovatequickenvivifyrevivify
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.