Repair
verb
To fix something that is broken or not working properly.
I need to repair the leak in my roof.
Often appears as...
- repair a car
- repair a machine
noun
The work of fixing something.
The car is in the shop for repairs.
Often appears as...
- car repair
- home repair
verb
To restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage.
He repaired his ways after a stern warning from his teacher.
Often appears as...
- repair one's ways
- repair one's reputation
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
verb
To go or move to a place.
We repaired to the drawing room for some conversation.
Often appears as...
- repair to a place
- repair to the drawing room
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Literary
verb
To fix something that is broken or not working properly.
I need to repair the leak in my roof.
Often appears as...
- repair a car
- repair a machine
noun
The work of fixing something.
The car is in the shop for repairs.
Often appears as...
- car repair
- home repair
verb
To restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage.
He repaired his ways after a stern warning from his teacher.
Often appears as...
- repair one's ways
- repair one's reputation
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
verb
To go or move to a place.
We repaired to the drawing room for some conversation.
Often appears as...
- repair to a place
- repair to the drawing room
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Literary
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Fix
Use 'repair' for fixing physical objects, not abstract concepts.
She is skilled at repairing clocks and watches.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Repair' often suggests a professional or technical fix, more than a quick or temporary one.
The technician repaired the server overnight.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Fix
Use 'repair' for fixing physical objects, not abstract concepts.
She is skilled at repairing clocks and watches.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Repair' often suggests a professional or technical fix, more than a quick or temporary one.
The technician repaired the server overnight.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Fix
Use 'repair' for fixing physical objects, not abstract concepts.
She is skilled at repairing clocks and watches.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Repair' often suggests a professional or technical fix, more than a quick or temporary one.
The technician repaired the server overnight.
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Aphasia: The disorder...
Our brain's ability to repair itself, known as brain plasticity, permits areas surrounding a brain lesion to take over some functions during the recovery process. Scientists have been conducting experiments using new forms of technology, which they believe may encourage brain plasticity in people with aphasia.
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I grew up in the...
but so many embraced me with open arms anyway. I wrote an apology for the harm I'd caused, but I also knew that an apology could never undo any of it. All I could do was try to build a new life and find a way somehow to repair some of the damage. People had every reason to doubt my sincerity,
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What makes muscles grow?...
by providing the building blocks for new tissue in the form of amino acids. Adequate protein intake, along with naturally occurring hormones, like insulin-like growth factor and testosterone, help shift the body into a state where tissue is repaired and grown.
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How a wound heals itself...
The top layer, called the epidermis, consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis,
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Can you solve the three...
Now that you know whether its answers are true or false, ask the same alien whether the center overlord is Arr. The process of elimination will identify the remaining one. The satisfied overlords help you repair your ship and you prepare for takeoff.
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What does it take to...
history of the speakers so for example we have these two words that mean to fail and to raise in the modern version of the language they actually derive from older words that mean to try and to repair focusing on just the first one
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What would happen if you...
The rise in sleep-inducing chemicals, like adenosine and melatonin, send us into a light doze that grows deeper, making our breathing and heart rate slow down and our muscles relax. This non-REM sleep is when DNA is repaired
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Is radiation dangerous?...
also known as an acute exposure. Acute exposures overwhelm the body's natural ability to repair the damage. This can trigger cancers, cellular dysfunction, and potentially even death. Fortunately, acute exposures are rare,
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Fountain Pens Are...
people who think fountain pen maintenance and repair and customizing our boring simply haven't played with it enough fountain pens are like people everyone has a unique personality
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
So important is their dam to them, that if they detect the slightest leak, usually by hearing the sound of trickling water, they start repair work immediately.
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Aphasia: The disorder...
Our brain's ability to repair itself, known as brain plasticity, permits areas surrounding a brain lesion to take over some functions during the recovery process. Scientists have been conducting experiments using new forms of technology, which they believe may encourage brain plasticity in people with aphasia.
Video examples
I grew up in the...
but so many embraced me with open arms anyway. I wrote an apology for the harm I'd caused, but I also knew that an apology could never undo any of it. All I could do was try to build a new life and find a way somehow to repair some of the damage. People had every reason to doubt my sincerity,
Video examples
What makes muscles grow?...
by providing the building blocks for new tissue in the form of amino acids. Adequate protein intake, along with naturally occurring hormones, like insulin-like growth factor and testosterone, help shift the body into a state where tissue is repaired and grown.
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
The top layer, called the epidermis, consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis,
Video examples
Can you solve the three...
Now that you know whether its answers are true or false, ask the same alien whether the center overlord is Arr. The process of elimination will identify the remaining one. The satisfied overlords help you repair your ship and you prepare for takeoff.
Video examples
What does it take to...
history of the speakers so for example we have these two words that mean to fail and to raise in the modern version of the language they actually derive from older words that mean to try and to repair focusing on just the first one
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What would happen if you...
The rise in sleep-inducing chemicals, like adenosine and melatonin, send us into a light doze that grows deeper, making our breathing and heart rate slow down and our muscles relax. This non-REM sleep is when DNA is repaired
Video examples
Is radiation dangerous?...
also known as an acute exposure. Acute exposures overwhelm the body's natural ability to repair the damage. This can trigger cancers, cellular dysfunction, and potentially even death. Fortunately, acute exposures are rare,
Video examples
Fountain Pens Are...
people who think fountain pen maintenance and repair and customizing our boring simply haven't played with it enough fountain pens are like people everyone has a unique personality
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
So important is their dam to them, that if they detect the slightest leak, usually by hearing the sound of trickling water, they start repair work immediately.
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Eric Greitens
American Politician
I think there are a couple of key lessons that come from Judaism that shaped my life. One of them is the idea we have a duty to repair the world, and all of us should play a role in our lives in trying to repair the world and to make the world better for the next generation.
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Audre Lorde
American Poet
You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
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Joanna Lumley
English Actress
We've forgotten to respect clothes and consider who made them and where the material came from. We've been encouraged to buy things and, if we don't like them, bin them. When I grew up, we'd repair things or alter them.
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Sam Worthington
Australian Actor
To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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Robert Towne
American Actor
I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites.
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Joseph Hall
English Clergyman
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
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George Washington
American President
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
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Frederick Douglass
American Author
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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Eric Greitens
American Politician
I think there are a couple of key lessons that come from Judaism that shaped my life. One of them is the idea we have a duty to repair the world, and all of us should play a role in our lives in trying to repair the world and to make the world better for the next generation.
Quote examples
Audre Lorde
American Poet
You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
Quote examples
Joanna Lumley
English Actress
We've forgotten to respect clothes and consider who made them and where the material came from. We've been encouraged to buy things and, if we don't like them, bin them. When I grew up, we'd repair things or alter them.
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Sam Worthington
Australian Actor
To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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Robert Towne
American Actor
I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites.
Quote examples
Joseph Hall
English Clergyman
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
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George Washington
American President
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
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Frederick Douglass
American Author
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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