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# repair

«repair» in Mova's school dictionary: **to fix something that is broken or damaged** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (repair, repairs, repaired, repairing); noun (a repair, repairs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To repair is to fix something that is broken or damaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#m1)

2) A repair is the work of fixing, or the place that was fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#m2)

3) «In good repair» means in good condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#m3)

4) To repair to a place means to go there, especially in a formal way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: things fixed at a rate; the cost of a repair; a length of road repaired and left to repair (repaired + left = whole). In everyday life: repairing a bike puncture, a shoe repair shop, roadworks. In science and design: mending things instead of throwing them away helps the planet. Phrases: «under repair», «repair shop», «beyond repair», «in good repair».

### examples

- He repairs 4 bikes a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x1)
- The repair costs 25 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x2)
- Workers repaired 300 m of road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x3)
- How much road is left to repair? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x4)
- Dad repaired the puncture in my tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x5)
- The road is closed for repairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x6)
- My old teddy was beyond repair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x7)
- Repairing things instead of buying new ones saves money and waste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x8)
- Polynices now repaired to Argos, where he arrived in the dead of night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/#x9)

### note

«Repair» is a bit more formal than «fix» or «mend». Maths: repaired so far and left to repair add up to the whole. Trap: «repairs 4 bikes a day» is a rate — multiply by the days.

### In the corpora

- [Tenants who cannot get a repair done may complain more than once or ask the council for help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/12/)
- [Some dams have been repaired for hundreds of years by family after family of beavers, each one fixing the dam it inherited.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges/13/)
- [Skin is also a brilliant repair kit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/1/)
- ["Needs some TLC" ("tender loving care") means a place is in bad condition and needs repairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/22/)
- ["Full of character" in a house advert often means old and needing repairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repair» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repair/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.