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repaired

Syllables: re·pairedUK/ɹɪˈpɛəd//ɹɪˈpɛɹd/

repaired is the simple past and past participle of repair.

Meaning of repair

Verb (1)

repair (third-person singular simple present repairs, present participle repairing, simple past and past participle repaired)

  1. (ambitransitive) To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
    • to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
  2. (ambitransitive) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
    • to repair a loss or damage

Verb (2)

repair (third-person singular simple present repairs, present participle repairing, simple past and past participle repaired)

  1. (ambitransitive) To transfer oneself to another place.
    • to repair to sanctuary for safety

Verb (3)

repair (third-person singular simple present repairs, present participle repairing, simple past and past participle repaired)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pair again.
    • Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.

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Words formed from repaired

Words that rhyme with repaired

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Questions about repaired

What is repaired the simple past and past participle of?
Repaired is the simple past and past participle of repair.
How do you pronounce repaired?
Repaired is pronounced /ɹɪˈpɛɹd/ (US).

Words near repaired in the dictionary

  1. repair shops
  2. repairabilities
  3. repairability
  4. repairable
  5. repairableness
  6. repaired
  7. repairer
  8. repairers
  9. repairest
  10. repaireth
  11. repairin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repaired (page history and authors); repair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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