repairverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈpeər/us/rɪˈper/A2 to put something that is damaged, broken, or not working correctly, back into good condition or make it work again:
to repair (the surface of) the road
to repair a roof after a storm
The garage said the car was so old it wasn't worth repairing.
I really must get my bike repaired this weekend.
C2 If you repair something wrong or harmful that has been done, you do something to make it right:
to repair a broken friendship
Is it too late to repair the damage we have done to our planet?
More examples
- It'll cost almost as much to repair it as it would to buy a new one.
- You should disconnect the power before attempting to repair electrical equipment.
- Your shoes will be repaired and ready for you to collect on Thursday.
- The drugs stimulate the damaged tissue into repairing itself.
- The car was damaged to such an extent that it couldn't be repaired.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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Phrasal verb(s)
repair to somewhere
repairnoun [ C or U ]
uk/rɪˈpeər/us/rɪˈper/B1 the act of fixing something that is broken or damaged:
My car is in the garage for repairs.
The repairs to the roof will be expensive.
The mechanic pointed out the repair (= repaired place) on the front of my car.
More examples
- I've had to dip into my savings to pay for the repairs.
- There will be extensive repairs to the motorway.
- Following the repairs to the roof, church funds are now seriously depleted.
- The repairs to our car cost much more than we were expecting.
- The plumber made rather a bad job of the repairs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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Idiom(s)
in good, bad, etc. repair
under repair