repairing

3 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

to put something that is damaged, broken, or not working correctly, back into good condition or make it work again:

to repair (the surface of) the road

to repair a roof after a storm

The garage said the car was so old it wasn't worth repairing.

I really must get my bike repaired this weekend.

If you repair something wrong or harmful that has been done, you do something to make it right:

to repair a broken friendship

Is it too late to repair the damage we have done to our planet?