REPAIR


Meaning of REPAIR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪpeə(r) ]

( repairs, repairing, repaired)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you repair something that has been damaged or is not working properly, you mend it.

Goldsmith has repaired the roof to ensure the house is wind-proof...

A woman drove her car to the garage to have it repaired.

VERB : V n , have n V-ed

• re‧pair‧er

(repairers)

...TV repairers.

N-COUNT : usu n N

2.

If you repair a relationship or someone’s reputation after it has been damaged, you do something to improve it.

The government continued to try to repair the damage caused by the minister’s interview...

VERB : V n

3.

A repair is something that you do to mend a machine, building, piece of clothing, or other thing that has been damaged or is not working properly.

Many women know how to carry out repairs on their cars...

There is no doubt now that her marriage is beyond repair.

N-VAR

4.

If someone repairs to a particular place, they go there. ( FORMAL )

We then repaired to the pavilion for lunch.

VERB : V to n

5.

If something such as a building is in good repair , it is in good condition. If it is in bad repair , it is in bad condition.

The monks of Ettal keep the abbey in good repair...

PHRASE

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