repair

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈpɛə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈpɛɚ/ or /rəˈpɛɚ/

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Verb

Plain form repair

Third-person singular repairs

Past tense repaired

Past participle repaired

Present participle repairing

Men repairing an engine

1. (transitive) If something is broken or damaged and a person repairs it, it's not broken or damaged anymore; to fix something.

   And workmen were out repairing damage to the lights from last night's wind.

Noun

Singular repair

Plural repairs

1. (uncountable) A repair is something a person does to something to fix it.
   • Synonym: fix

   Last night the car wouldn't start, so this morning I took it in for repairs.