Repair

Noun

 * 1) The act of repairing something.
 * I took the car to the workshop for repair.
 * 1) The result of repairing something.
 * If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork
 * 1) 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.

Derived terms

 * disrepair

Related terms

 * reparation

Verb

 * 1) To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

 * repairable / reparable, repairer

Noun

 * 1) An act of going on vacation.
 * our annual repair to the mountains.
 * 1) A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

Verb

 * 1) To transfer oneself to another place.
 * I heard the visitors repair to their chambers. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 1850.

Derived terms

 * repatriate

Adverbs for Repair
temporarily; hastily; haphazardly; amply; ceaselessly; extensively; technically; judiciously; medically.

Thesaurus
adjust, adjustment, amends, apply, atone, atone for, bad condition, brighten up, brush up, case, cobble, commission, compensate, compensation, condition, correction, darn, do up, doctor, estate, expiate, fare, fettle, fitness, fix, fix up, fixing, form, freshen, furbish, furbish up, give satisfaction, go, good condition, hie, improvement, journey, kilter, live down, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make right, make up for, making right, mend, mending, nick, order, overhaul, overhauling, pass, patch, patch up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, polish, polish up, proceed, process, propitiate, push on, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, put right, ready, rebuild, recap, recompense, recondition, reconstruct, rectification, recur, redeem, redress, refer, remedy, renew, renewal, renovate, renovation, repairing, reparation, restoration, restore, retouch, retread, revamp, revive, rub up, run, satisfaction, satisfy, service, set right, set to rights, sew up, shape, shine, spruce, spruce up, square it, square things, state, tinker, tinker up, tone up, touch up, travel, trim, troubleshooting, turn, vamp, vamp up, wend

Etymology 1
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from repairen:, from  reparer:, from  reparo:.

Etymology 2
repairen:, from repairier:, from  repatrire:, from re-: + patria:. Cognate to repatriate:.

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: reparasjon, reparering


 * Russian:, починка
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Arabic: أصلح,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: taastama
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 修理
 * Korean: 고치다
 * Kurdish: ;
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: chửa, sửa chữa, sửa

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 修复 (xiūfù)
 * Dutch: herstelling
 * Finnish: korjaaminen, korjaus
 * French:
 * German: Reparatur (1), Ausbesserung, Instandsetzung  (2)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 修理 (shūri)


 * Korean: 수리 (suri)
 * Kurdish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: reparație, reparare
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మరమ్మత్తు (marammattu)

Anagrams

 * rapier