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Definitions for Repairs
[1] to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
[2] to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting.
[3] to remedy; make good; make up for: to repair damage; to repair a deficiency.
[4] to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done.
[5] an act, process, or work of repairing: to order the repair of a building.
[6] Usually repairs. an instance or operation of repairing: to lay up a boat for repairs. a repaired part or an addition made in repairing: 17th-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.
[7] repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement.
[8] the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair.
[9] condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair.
[10] to betake oneself; go, as to a place: He repaired in haste to Washington.
[11] to go frequently or customarily.
[12] a resort or haunt.
[13] the act of going or going customarily; resort: to have repair to the country.
[14] Scot. Obsolete . a meeting, association, or crowd of people.
[15] to restore (something damaged or broken) to good condition or working order
[16] to heal (a breach or division) in (something) to repair a broken marriage
[17] to make good or make amends for (a mistake, injury, etc)
[18] the act, task, or process of repairing
[19] a part that has been repaired
[20] state or condition in good repair
[21] (usually foll by to) to go (to a place) to repair to the country
[22] (usually foll by to) to have recourse (to) for help, etc to repair to one's lawyer
[23] (usually foll by from) archaic to come back; return
[24] the act of going or returning
[25] a haunt or resort
Words related to Repairs
repairoverhaul, improvement, reconstruction, adjustment, rehabilitation, replacement, revive, rectify, rebuild, heal, refurbish, patch, renovate, revamp, mend, retrieve, remedy, recover, correct, improve
Words nearby Repairs
repairrep., repack, repackage, repaglinide, repaint, repair, repairer, repairman, repairperson, repairwoman, repand
Origin of Repairs
21300–50; Middle English repairen < Old French repairier to return < Late Latin repatriāre to return to one's fatherland; see repatriate
Words that may be confused with Repairs
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, repairreparable, repairable
Other words from Repairs
re·pair·a·ble , adjective
re·pair·a·bil·i·ty , re·pair·a·ble·ness , noun
non·re·pair·a·ble , adjective
Word origin for Repairs
C14: from Old French repairier , from Late Latin repatriāre to return to one's native land, from Latin re- + patria fatherland; compare repatriate
Synonyms for Repairs
adjustment, improvement, overhaul, reconstruction, rehabilitation, replacement, darn, mend, patch, reformation, substitution, new part