{
    "term": "repair",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "repair",
            "heSheIt": "repairs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "repaired",
        "pastParticiple": "repaired",
        "ingForm": "repairing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to fix something that is broken, damaged or torn",
            "sensetop": "repair something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to repair a car/television"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to repair a road/wall/building/bridge"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to repair a hole/crack/leak"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to repair an injury/a hernia/a tear/a defect"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to repair a ligament/tendon/cartilage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has had surgery to **repair the damage**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His surgically repaired knee is bothering him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's almost 15 years old. It isn't worth **having it repaired**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to get the roof repaired."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the budget for maintaining and repairing equipment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The human body has an amazing capacity to repair itself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm having my car repaired next week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the damage has now been successfully repaired."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Natural vitamins in the shampoo will help repair damaged hair."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They estimate the cost of repairing the damaged roads at £1 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you going to get the television repaired?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The builders agreed to repair the structural defects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The damage to the ship had been repaired."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll need to get someone to repair the roof."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["properly", "successfully", "poorly"],
                "verb + repair": ["try to", "help (to)"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the cost of repairing something",
                    "have something repaired",
                    "surgically repaired"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to say or do something in order to improve a bad or unpleasant situation",
            "sensetop": "repair something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to repair relations/a relationship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was too late to **repair the damage** done to their relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The home team did well to repair a bad start."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They moved quickly to repair relations between themselves and the US."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "right (5)"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈpeə(r)/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repair__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈpeəz/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repairs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈpeəd/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repaired__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈpeərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repairing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈper/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repair__us_7.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈperz/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repairs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈperd/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repaired__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈperɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/repair/repairing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- ‘back’ + parare ‘make ready’."
}