repair meaning and definition

REPAIR noun

Definition of repair (noun)

1. the act of putting something in working order again
   • synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something
   • "the building was in good repair"
3. a frequently visited place
   • synonyms: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground

REPAIR verb

Definition of repair (verb)

1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   • "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
   • synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on
   • antonym: break
2. make amends for; pay compensation for
   • "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
   • synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense
3. move, travel, or proceed toward some place
   • "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
   • synonyms: resort
4. set straight or right
   • "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
   • synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy
5. give new life or energy to
   • "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
   • synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify