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repair English

Meaning repair meaning

What does repair mean?
Definitions in simple English

repair Noun

— A repair is something you do to something to fix it. Last night the car wouldn't start, so this morning I took it in for repairs.

repair

— verb (= restore) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken She repaired her TV set Repair my shoes please — noun the act of putting something in working order again — noun a formal way of referring to the condition of something the building was in good repair — verb move, travel, or proceed toward some place He repaired to his cabin in the woods — verb (= compensate) make amends for; pay compensation for One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident — verb (= rectify, remedy) set straight or right remedy these deficiencies rectify the inequities in salaries repair an oversight — noun (= haunt) a frequently visited place — verb (= revive, renovate) give new life or energy to A hot soup will revive me This will renovate my spirits This treatment repaired my health

Synonyms repair synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as repair?

repair English » English

mend fix restore renovate correct mending patch remedy renovation put right fix up make good improve correction restoration renew refit arrange amend adjust reparation overhaul fixing cure sew repairing rectify recondition patch up maintenance doctor compensate touch on tidy up resort remediate heal darn treat suitability repairs renewal reform redress recompense make maintain indemnify improvement haunt

Topics repair topics

What do people use repair to talk about?
Work and occupation Working with buildings Building materials

Building equipment and maintenance
Physical actions Break, wear out

Repair
Work and occupation Working with buildings Infrastructure

Road

Conjugation repair conjugation

How do you conjugate repair?

repair · verb

Examples repair examples

How do I use repair in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Please repair the car.
This road is under repair.
They told me not to repair it by myself.
I was told not to repair it by myself.
Will you manage to repair my car?
I saw at a glance that the empty house was badly in need of repair.
I took the radio apart to repair it.
It will cost about 2000 yen to repair it.
The road is under repair.
The house is in need of repair.
I am going to have John repair my watch.
You can't go along this road. It is under repair.
This chair is in want of repair.
Since this heater seems to be out of order, I'll have him repair it.
This truck is in need of repair.
The roof is really in need of repair.
The best thing to do is to ask an expert to repair it.
The coffee shop is closed while the air conditioning is under repair.
I think this machine is in need of repair.
This TV was made ten years ago and there are no parts available, so it is impossible to repair it.
I can't repair the computer.
Let me repair it.

Movie subtitles

Since this office building is quite old, there are many parts which need some repair.
If you do not repair to the telephone, I shall find myself obliged to answer it instead.
So you took care of me, and when you sent your teeth for repair I was chewing your food!
You see, the count has only one launch. and that's under repair.
The natives keep that wall in repair.
It will take some time to repair it.
I'm going back to New York. if only to repair the damage that's been done since I've known you.
Is it possible to repair the ornament, madam?
The canal is being put into repair so far as ships flying Japanese colors are concerned.
Our only chance of getting them back and keeping off. the king's gibbet. is to bring in the heads of Jamie Waring and Billy Leech. with Lady Margaret in good enough repair to bespeak us. as her saviors.
But we will try to repair the damage.
And you, Prince Dauphin, with all swift dispatch to line and new-repair our towns of war with men of.courage and with means.defendant.
Roof repair.
I'm sorry, sir, I won't be able to repair this watch.
I'd like to repair things here.
The jetty on the other bank is broken, and I can only repair it tomorrow morning.
No use trying to repair them things.
I'm going. I'm going back to New York. if only to repair the damage that's been done since I've known you.
Be careful, sir, these steps are a bit in need of repair.
Here they repair engines, not people.
We had to repair hospitals and public utilities.
Repair wagon, sir. Burned. Two troopers, Barry and Williams, dead.
Captain, send a wagon and detail to repair wires and bring back the bodies. Yes, sir.
Except that Retch had to repair the pantry wall.
It is necessary that you present me to the king; he wants to repair the affront inflicted by this morning.
I will get someone to repair the glass.
Repair the tunnels.
I wish to repair her offense.
We'll have to repair it.
Target repair.
Target repair? That's murder.
Only 30 minutes to repair those targets before they open fire again.

News and current affairs

Reforestation and the repair of natural ecosystems should also be part of a land use policy.
The discussions before the crisis illustrated how little had been done to repair economic fundamentals.
America's zombie consumers need to repair their damaged balance sheets, and US workers need to align new skills with new jobs.
America, and the world, will be paying to repair it for decades to come.
Any government bailout that pays fair value for these assets will do nothing to repair that hole.
Today its problems look, as the Brookings Institution economist Peter Orszag says, much more like the equivalent of a slow tire leak: you have to fix it eventually, but it isn't very hard to do and repair it isn't terribly urgent.
Those of the second type are minor and relatively easy to repair if not to avoid.
The chemical inhibitors used in this treatment target the enzyme polymerase (PARP1), which is normally involved in the repair of DNA single-strand breaks - a common form of spontaneous DNA lesions.
Thus, only the tumor cells will have a non-functional recombination pathway and rely completely on PARP to repair single-strand breaks before copying the DNA.
DNA stores information that is vital to the growth, repair, replacement, and correct functioning of our cells.
The three Georgian leaders declare bilateral relations a high priority, and in Russia, too, there is widespread hope that their victory will help repair ties between the two countries.
The main order of business of the G-20, which will meet at the level of finance ministers in Berlin in December, should be the fundamental repair of international institutions.
In these circumstances, we need collective action for global recovery along four main policy lines: repair, reform, rebalancing, and rebuilding.
First, repair.
While this fact alone will not quiet opponents of immigration, it does give countries more breathing room to repair and strengthen badly broken systems for receiving and integrating newcomers.
Understandably fixated on balance-sheet repair, US consumers have not taken the bait from their monetary and fiscal authorities.
The focus, instead, should be on accelerating the process of balance-sheet repair, while at the same time returning monetary and fiscal policy levers to more normal settings.
The measures that Asian governments took to repair their financial sectors during the Asian crisis ten years ago could provide a template for the US and European bailouts.
But the bitter pill of bankruptcies, consolidation, and recapitalization is what the system needs to repair itself.
There is a speech that we still need to hear, detailing five tasks that, in order to repair the damage to liberty caused by the previous administration, he must pursue as quickly as he handled the first two executive orders.
Still, that identity has been fractured; I hope not beyond repair.
For example, to cope with toxic drugs, a cancer cell may increase its rate of DNA repair, or actively pump the drug out across the cell membrane.
It is not that the Bush administration left Sino-US relations in such bad repair, but that the possibilities for a substantial change for the better have never been greater.

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