repairable

[ri-pair]

re·pair

1[ri-pair]
verb (used with object)
1.
to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
2.
to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting.
3.
to remedy; make good; make up for: to repair damage; to repair a deficiency.
4.
to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done.
noun
5.
an act, process, or work of repairing: to order the repair of a building.
6.
Usually, repairs.
a.
an instance or operation of repairing: to lay up a boat for repairs.
b.
a repaired part or an addition made in repairing: 17th-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.
7.
repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement.
8.
the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair.
9.
condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair.

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Repairable is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English repairen < Middle French reparer < Latin reparāre, equivalent to re- re- + parāre to prepare; see pare

re·pair·a·ble, adjective
re·pair·a·bil·i·ty, re·pair·a·ble·ness, noun
non·re·pair·a·ble, adjective

reparable, repairable.


1. remodel, renovate. 2. patch, fix, amend. See renew. 3. retrieve, recoup. 4. redress.


1–3. break, destroy.

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repair1 (rɪˈpɛə)
 
vb
1.  to restore (something damaged or broken) to good condition or working order
2.  to heal (a breach or division) in (something): to repair a broken marriage
3.  to make good or make amends for (a mistake, injury, etc)
 
n
4.  the act, task, or process of repairing
5.  a part that has been repaired
6.  state or condition: in good repair
 
[C14: from Old French reparer, from Latin reparāre, from re- + parāre to make ready]
 
re'pairable1
 
adj
 
re'pairer1
 
n

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