Words / A2

ri-PAIR/rɪˈpeə/

When a phone or a bike stops working, you repair it — make the broken thing work again. Repair a window, under repair. Fix is more informal. Mend is common for clothes. Repair is also a noun: car repairs. You treat a person who is ill; you repair a thing.

Meaning

To make something that is broken work again.

Examples

• “Can you repair my phone?”
• “The lift is being repaired this week.”
• “It will cost more to repair than to replace.”

Good to know

repair a thing. Informal: fix. Clothes: mend. People: treat, not repair.

Near in meaning

fix

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