repair | English to English Dictionary

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repair

(r/I/'p/(@)/r )

the act of putting something in working order again(noun.act)

Synonym:
fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation

source: wordnet30
a formal way of referring to the condition of something(noun.state)

Example:
The building was in good repair.

source: wordnet30
a frequently visited place(noun.location)

Synonym:
hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground

source: wordnet30
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.(noun)

source: webster1913
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.(noun)

source: webster1913

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken(verb.change)

Example:
She repaired her TV set.
Repair my shoes please.

Synonym:
bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on
Antonym:
break, bust

source: wordnet30
make amends for; pay compensation for(verb.possession)

Example:
One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich.

Synonym:
compensate, indemnify, recompense

source: wordnet30
move, travel, or proceed toward some place(verb.motion)

Example:
He repaired to his cabin in the woods.

Synonym:
resort

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set straight or right(verb.change)

Example:
Repair an oversight.

Synonym:
amend, rectify, remediate, remedy

source: wordnet30
give new life or energy to(verb.body)

Example:
This treatment repaired my health.

Synonym:
animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify

source: wordnet30
To return.(verb)

source: webster1913
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.(verb)

source: webster1913