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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ri-pair
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpɛər



Definition of repair

Origin :
  • "to mend, to put back in order," mid-14c., from Old French reparer "repair, mend" (12c.), from Latin reparare "restore, put back in order," from re- "again" (see re-) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Related: Repaired; repairing.
  • noun restoration, fixing
  • verb fix, restore
  • verb leave; retire
Example sentences :
  • It'll cost him more than he'll ever get from my miserly uncle to repair it.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I repair, then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have assigned me.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • This day we had completed the repair of the wheels of half the drays.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Cost me thirteen dollars to repair one; vulcanize the tire, y'see.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Could it be that they were about to repair the stained-glass panes?
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • She wrung her hands in agony, distressed that she could not at once repair the evil she had done.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The Marshal answered that he desired him to repair to the Empress.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • These stairs were of common wood, and somewhat out of repair.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Both buildings were shut up as tight as their state of repair permitted.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • He paused to look round, uncertain to which of the log-houses he should repair.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

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