repair
verb
- to restore after damage or injury, remedy, fix, make amends for
noun
- activity to fix any broken or inoperable equipment
- act/process of restoring after damage or injury, remedying, fixing, making amends for
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɛə/ / /ɹɪˈpɛɚ/ / /ɹəˈpɛɚ/ / /ˈriːpɛə/ / /ˈriːpɛɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.
- The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
“our annual repair to the mountains”
“The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.”
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pair English repair From re- + pair.
- 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.”