Repair Repaired Damaged Damage Verb Rɪˈpeə(R Rɪˈper Car/Television

• to repair a car/television
• to repair a road/wall/building/bridge
• to repair a hole/crack/leak
• to repair an injury/a hernia/a tear/a defect

repair

Verb Forms

1. to fix something that is broken, damaged or torn
• to repair a car/television
• to repair a road/wall/building/bridge
• to repair a hole/crack/leak
• to repair an injury/a hernia/a tear/a defect
• to repair a ligament/tendon/cartilage
• He has had surgery to repair the damage.
• His surgically repaired knee is bothering him.
• It's almost 15 years old. It isn't worth having it repaired.
• We need to get the roof repaired.
• the budget for maintaining and repairing equipment
• The human body has an amazing capacity to repair itself.

Extra Examples

• I'm having my car repaired next week.
• Most of the damage has now been successfully repaired.
• Natural vitamins in the shampoo will help repair damaged hair.
• They estimate the cost of repairing the damaged roads at £1 million.
• Are you going to get the television repaired?
• The builders agreed to repair the structural defects.
• The damage to the ship had been repaired.
• We'll need to get someone to repair the roof.
2. to say or do something in order to improve a bad or unpleasant situation
• SYNONYM right (5)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/right_1#right_sng_5
• to repair relations/a relationship
• It was too late to repair the damage done to their relationship.
• The home team did well to repair a bad start.
• They moved quickly to repair relations between themselves and the US.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- ‘back’ + parare ‘make ready’.