repair
verb/rɪˈpeə(r)/
/rɪˈper/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they repair | /rɪˈpeə(r)/ /rɪˈper/ |
| he / she / it repairs | /rɪˈpeəz/ /rɪˈperz/ |
| past simple repaired | /rɪˈpeəd/ /rɪˈperd/ |
| past participle repaired | /rɪˈpeəd/ /rɪˈperd/ |
| -ing form repairing | /rɪˈpeərɪŋ/ /rɪˈperɪŋ/ |
- repair something to fix something that is broken, damaged or torn
- to repair a car/television
- to repair a road/wall/building/bridge
- to repair a hole/crack/leak
- to repair an injury/a hernia/a tear/a defect
- to repair a ligament/tendon/cartilage
- He has had surgery to repair the damage.
- His surgically repaired knee is bothering him.
- It's almost 15 years old. It isn't worth having it repaired.
- We need to get the roof repaired.
- the budget for maintaining and repairing equipment
- The human body has an amazing capacity to repair itself.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2- I'm having my car repaired next week.
- Most of the damage has now been successfully repaired.
- Natural vitamins in the shampoo will help repair damaged hair.
- They estimate the cost of repairing the damaged roads at £1 million.
- Are you going to get the television repaired?
- The builders agreed to repair the structural defects.
- The damage to the ship had been repaired.
- We'll need to get someone to repair the roof.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- successfully
- poorly
- …
- try to
- help (to)
- the cost of repairing something
- have something repaired
- surgically repaired
- …
- repair something to say or do something in order to improve a bad or unpleasant situation synonym right (5)
- to repair relations/a relationship
- It was too late to repair the damage done to their relationship.
- The home team did well to repair a bad start.
- They moved quickly to repair relations between themselves and the US.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- ‘back’ + parare ‘make ready’.
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