Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
Meanings
(ambitransitive, countable, uncountable) The act of repairing something.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
I took the car to the workshop for repair.
(ambitransitive, countable, uncountable) The act of repairing something. ▸ An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.
To function in conversation, children must develop the ability to appreciate and respond to listener feedback. This developing awareness is evident in sequences during which children provide repairs in response to indications that a message has not been understood. 1986 March 14, Bonnie Brinton, Martin Fujiki, Diane Frome Loeb, and Erika Winkler, “Development of Conversational Repair Strategies in Response to Requests for Clarification”, in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, volume 29, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 75:
[...] Salmenlinna and Laakso (2020) studied mother–child conversations using a conversation analysis approach and found that children’s repair requests often occurred in situations where expanding the topic was blocked. Similarly, Yoder et al. (1994) found that repair requests from adults who were attuned to the topic at hand were more likely to trigger repair from children. 2024 January 14, Xiaoyan Li, Yonghan Peng, Xinjun Zheng, “The Association Between Mother’s Descriptive Language and Children with Autism’s Conversational Repair: A Moderated Mediation Analysis”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 54, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 226:
The ability to participate in conversational repair sequences constitutes an integral part of the language acquisition process (Gallagher, 1977; Garvey, 1975). 2002 April 14, Tova Most, “The Use of Repair Strategies by Children With and Without Hearing Impairment”, in Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, volume 33, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 112:
(ambitransitive, countable, uncountable) The result of repairing something.
If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
(ambitransitive, countable, uncountable) The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
Thirteen houses were damaged beyond repair, and much of the rest of the town suffered broken windows and lost slates. 2020 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
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.
The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h. 1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I”, in Modern Railways, page 172:
ltg taiseit (act of repairing something) · sh по̀правак (act of repairing something) · lv remonts (act of repairing something) · ms pembaikpulihan (act of repairing something) · tg таъмир (act of repairing something) · ltg pruoveit (act of repairing something) · be рэмо́нт (act of repairing something) · fi korjaaminen (act of repairing something) · az təmir (act of repairing something) · be рамо́нт (act of repairing something) · prs تَرْمِیم (act of repairing something) · ru испра́вность (result of repairing something) · es reparación (result of repairing something) · ota مرمت (act of repairing something) · pt conserto (act of repairing something) · fr réparation (result of repairing something) · eo riparado (act of repairing something) · nb reparasjon (act of repairing something) · id perbaikan (act of repairing something) · is lagfæring (act of repairing something) · ar تَرْمِيم (act of repairing something) · el επισκευή (act of repairing something) · ar مَرَمَّة (act of repairing something) · pt reparo (act of repairing something) · nb reparering (act of repairing something) · ca reparació (act of repairing something) · fi korjaus (result of repairing something) · th การซ่อมแซม (act of repairing something) · eo riparo (result of repairing something) · sh pòpravak (act of repairing something) · uk ремо́нт (act of repairing something) · prs تَعْمِیر (act of repairing something) · tr tamir (act of repairing something) · sl poprava (act of repairing something) · hu javítás (act of repairing something) · sv reparation (act of repairing something) · he תיקון (act of repairing something) · hy վերանորոգում (act of repairing something) · ar إِصْلَاح (act of repairing something) · ky ремонт (act of repairing something) · ur تَعْمِیر (act of repairing something) · sq riparim (act of repairing something) · lo ການສ້ອມແຊມ (act of repairing something) · ga deisiú (act of repairing something) · he תִּקּוּן (act of repairing something) · th การซ่อม (act of repairing something) · as মেৰামতি (act of repairing something) · fa-ira تَرْمیم (act of repairing something) · be напра́ва (act of repairing something) · km ការសមសែម (act of repairing something) · is bæting (act of repairing something) · ko 수리 (act of repairing something) · lo ການສ້ອມ (act of repairing something) · ru почи́нка (act of repairing something) · ru ремо́нт (act of repairing something) · tr tamirat (act of repairing something) · ka რემონტი (act of repairing something) · bg ремо́нт (act of repairing something) · et remont (act of repairing something) · nl reparatie (act of repairing something) · bg попра́вка (act of repairing something) · fi korjaus (act of repairing something) · cs oprava (act of repairing something) · kk жөндеу (act of repairing something) · is viðgerð (act of repairing something) · hi मरम्मत (act of repairing something) · sv lagning (act of repairing something) · fr réparation (act of repairing something) · fa-ira تَعْمیر (act of repairing something) · cmn 修理 (act of repairing something) · ar تَصْلِيح (act of repairing something) · ro reparație (act of repairing something) · tr onarım (act of repairing something) · lo ການສ້ອມແປງ (act of repairing something) · vi sửa chữa (act of repairing something) · km ការកែ (act of repairing something) · ug رېمونت (act of repairing something) · ltg lobuot (act of repairing something) · uz remont (act of repairing something) · fa-ira مَرَمَّت (act of repairing something) · uk напра́ва (act of repairing something) · pt reparo (result of repairing something) · lt remontas (act of repairing something) · ja 修理 (act of repairing something) · mk поправка (act of repairing something) · es reparo (result of repairing something) · bg изпра́вност (result of repairing something) · my ပြုပြင်ခြင်း (act of repairing something) · el επιδιόρθωση (act of repairing something) · da reparation (act of repairing something) · yi רעפּאַראַטור (act of repairing something) · io reparo (act of repairing something) · ota تعمیر (act of repairing something) · de Reparatur (act of repairing something) · de Ausbesserung (result of repairing something) · tg тармим (act of repairing something) · prs مَرَمَّت (act of repairing something) · de Instandsetzung (result of repairing something) · sk oprava (act of repairing something) · uz taʼmir (act of repairing something) · pl naprawa (act of repairing something) · ur مَرَمَّت (act of repairing something) · pt reparação (act of repairing something) · tl pag-ayo (act of repairing something) · tg мараммат (act of repairing something)
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
Meanings
(ambitransitive) To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
to repair a shattered fortune
Secret refreſhings, that repair his ſtrength, 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 44:
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness, 1807, William Wordsworth, “To the Daisy”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, page 96:
to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
(ambitransitive) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
I'll repair the misery thou dost bear. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
be адрамантава́ць (to restore to good working order) · hu megjavít (to restore to good working order) · el επισκευάζω (to restore to good working order) · cs spravit (to restore to good working order) · uk справля́ти (to restore to good working order) · ko 고치다 (to restore to good working order) · shn မႄး (to restore to good working order) · uk відремонтува́ти (to restore to good working order) · da reparere (to restore to good working order) · lo ສ້ອມແປງ (to restore to good working order) · bg попра́вя (to restore to good working order) · gl compoñer (to restore to good working order) · yi פֿאַרריכטן (to restore to good working order) · cs opravit (to restore to good working order) · sw rekebisha (to restore to good working order) · ca reparar (to restore to good working order) · gl gobernar (to restore to good working order) · is laga (to restore to good working order) · io reparar (to restore to good working order) · izh kohentaa (to restore to good working order) · sh по̀правити (to restore to good working order) · fi kunnostaa (to restore to good working order) · zdj ulekeza (to restore to good working order) · fo umvæla (to restore to good working order) · ga cuir caoi ar (to restore to good working order) · sl popravljati (to restore to good working order) · lo ທຳ (to restore to good working order) · tr onarmak (to restore to good working order) · grc καταρτίζω (to restore to good working order) · mfe repare (to restore to good working order) · ug يامىماق (to restore to good working order) · ko 수리하다 (to restore to good working order) · sv laga (to restore to good working order) · tr tamir etmek (to restore to good working order) · th แก้ไข (to restore to good working order) · nrf r'pather (to restore to good working order) · cmn 修理 (to restore to good working order) · ja 修理する (to restore to good working order) · sc arrangiai (to restore to good working order) · ota تعمیر ایتمك (to restore to good working order) · sv reparera (to restore to good working order) · ru ремонти́ровать (to restore to good working order) · sc acconciai (to restore to good working order) · be пра́віць (to restore to good working order) · th ซ่อม (to restore to good working order) · nl herstellen (to restore to good working order) · mk поправи (to restore to good working order) · km សម (to restore to good working order) · bg попра́вям (to restore to good working order) · sdn accuncià (to restore to good working order) · alt јамаар (to restore to good working order) · gl reparar (to restore to good working order) · bcl hirahay (to restore to good working order) · vi sửa chữa (to restore to good working order) · fr réparer (to restore to good working order) · uk ремонтува́ти (to restore to good working order) · vi chửa (to restore to good working order) · sc accontzare (to restore to good working order) · uk ла́годити (to restore to good working order) · sh по̀прављати (to restore to good working order) · km កែ (to restore to good working order) · ckb چاککردن (to restore to good working order) · ga deisigh (to restore to good working order) · om suphuu (to restore to good working order) · kum ямамакъ (to restore to good working order) · be рамантава́ць (to restore to good working order) · ks شیرُن (to restore to good working order) · khb ᦶᦙ (to restore to good working order) · ru почини́ть (to restore to good working order) · arz صلح (to restore to good working order) · ro repara (to restore to good working order) · be папра́віць (to restore to good working order) · no reparere (to restore to good working order) · de reparieren (to restore to good working order) · bg ремонти́рам (to restore to good working order) · sh pòpraviti (to restore to good working order) · sq ndreq (to restore to good working order) · ar أَصْلَحَ (to restore to good working order) · be папраўля́ць (to restore to good working order) · lo ສ້ອມແຊມ (to restore to good working order) · et taastama (to restore to good working order) · bo བཟོ་གཅོས་རྒྱག (to restore to good working order) · hy վերանորոգել (to restore to good working order) · lo ແກ້ໄຂ (to restore to good working order) · sdc aggiustà (to restore to good working order) · gl amañar (to restore to good working order) · el επιδιορθώνω (to restore to good working order) · km សមសែម (to restore to good working order) · uk пола́годити (to restore to good working order) · cy trwsio (to restore to good working order) · alt јазаар (to restore to good working order) · la reficiō (to restore to good working order) · vi sửa (to restore to good working order) · th ซ่อมแซม (to restore to good working order) · gl arranxar (to restore to good working order) · sh pòpravljati (to restore to good working order) · nl repareren (to restore to good working order) · sl popraviti (to restore to good working order) · eo ripari (to restore to good working order) · ug ئوڭلىماق (to restore to good working order) · pl naprawiać (to restore to good working order) · uk спра́вити (to restore to good working order) · sk opraviť (to restore to good working order) · pl naprawić (to restore to good working order) · es reparar (to restore to good working order) · my ပြုပြင် (to restore to good working order) · it riparare (to restore to good working order) · fi korjata (to restore to good working order) · ang ġebētan (to restore to good working order) · ru отремонти́ровать (to restore to good working order) · ru чини́ть (to restore to good working order) · lo ສ້ອມ (to restore to good working order) · ug ياسىماق (to restore to good working order) · pt reparar (to restore to good working order) · fi remontoida (to restore to good working order) · mk поправува (to restore to good working order) · la sarciō (to restore to good working order)
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.
Meanings
(ambitransitive) The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
our annual repair to the mountains
(ambitransitive) A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair. 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
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Translations (4)
fi matka (act of going to a place) · fi käynti (act of going to a place) · fi lempipaikka (place to which one goes often) · bg посещение (act of going to a place)
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.
Meanings
(ambitransitive) To transfer oneself to another place.
At the hour of half-past five we repaired to our engagement. 1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 111:
to repair to sanctuary for safety
Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. c. 1699 – 1703, Alexander Pope, “The First Book of Statius His Thebais”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:
That finished, I repaired to my room, one flight up, and, after a thorough wash, seated myself, pipe in mouth, at the little window that opened on the Rue Garde. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 47:
At a late hour, after I had been in bed some time, I heard the visitors repair to their chambers: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 109:
[...] the train engine uncouples and either backs on to the up through line to await its next duty or repairs to the motive power depot. 1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans -30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 239:
bg отправям се (to transfer oneself to another place) · de begeben (to transfer oneself to another place) · fi siirtyä (to transfer oneself to another place) · bg отивам (to transfer oneself to another place)
repair en · VERB · etymology 3
Pronunciation
[ˈɹʷɪi̯pɛɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷɪi̯pɛɹ̩] (General-American)
/ˈɹiːpɛə̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈɹiːpɛɚ/ (General-American)
[ˈɹʷɪi̯pɛə̯] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English pair
English repair
From re- + pair.
Meanings
(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.