Sekirov Dictionary

repair

/ɹɪˈpɛə/

verb 3
noun 6
/ˈɹiːpɛɚ/ verb 1
forms 5

verb3

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to fix something after it has been damaged or has stopped working
- Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness, — 1807
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To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- How can I repair this wrong?
•
To transfer oneself to another place.
- Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. — 1699

noun6

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The act of repairing something.
- I took the car to the workshop for repair.
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An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.
- The ability to participate in conversational repair sequences constitutes an integral part of the language acquisition process (Gallagher, 1977; Garvey, 1975). — 2002
•
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
- The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
•
The result of repairing something.
- If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
•
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. — 1702
•
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
- There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair. — 1667

repair

UK /ˈɹiːpɛə̯/US /ˈɹiːpɛɚ/

verb1

•
To pair again.
- Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.

forms

repaired · repairing · repaireth · repairs · repairest

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