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Definition: REPAIRING |
REPAIRINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Repair |
Date "REPAIRING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| RECALL | English | Repairing errors in computer aided language learning | Computing, Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: REPAIRINGSynonym: Maintenance and repair. (additional references) |
Crosswords: REPAIRING |
| English words defined with "REPAIRING": airplane mechanics, auto mechanics, auto-mechanic, automobile mechanic ♦ bodywork, bonding, Burghbote, Bushelman ♦ car-mechanic, Cartbote, chore, cloakmaker, clockmaker, clocksmith, County rates ♦ Dry dock ♦ furrier ♦ grease monkey ♦ Haybote, Helcoplasty, Housebote ♦ Imping ♦ job ♦ mechanic, mechanic's lien, Murage ♦ plumbery, plumbing, Pontage ♦ refit, Repairment, Reparative, road metal, roundhouse ♦ task, Tinet, toolmaker, Turnpike road. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "REPAIRING": ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRING SUPERVISOR. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Repairing Streets in Mexico (1898) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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 | Experimental station for testing trench wheel, workers examining and repairing wire entaglements;1918;{35.200/44}. |  | Education of the Wounded. : Learn furniture repairing. / Dean. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | The "rail splitter" at work repairing the union. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Man repairing fence. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Repairing the Rhodesian crisis. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | French civilians repairing road in Hooge, Belgium, after battle--The land is one succession of shell craters, now filled with water--Ruins of Ypres in the extreme distance. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Members of the North Vietnam Self Defence Forces in the Hoa-Rinh motor-car repairing shop of Hanoi welcome the victories in the struggle against the enemy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Murfreesboro, Tenn., vicinity. Men repairing single-track railroad after Battle of Stone's River. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Repairing a lake carrier after a collision. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fishermen repairing nets, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Dacota airplane" by Harm Wimmenhove Commentary: "In a little place near our vacation house a few locals were rebuilding and repairing this old fellow." | "Headlight" by Priit Kallas Commentary: "Junk yard? No! I saw a guy actually repairing this car. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Thomas p Kempis | The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The damage for repairing, reconstructing and rebuilding property in the invaded and devastated districts, including reinstallation of furniture, machinery and other equipment, will be calculated according to the cost at the dates when the work is done. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Monsieur Madeleine found Master Scaufflaire at home busy repairing a harness |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Your body's cells use chemical reactions to carry out tasks such as turning food into energy and repairing tissue. (references) | |
A major goal of this research is to develop methods for repairing damaged nerves and restoring full use and strength to injured areas. (references) | ||
However, it now appears unlikely that there will be a single magic bullet for repairing the spinal cord. Instead, a combination of approaches will probably be necessary. (references) | ||
Business | Repairing and maintaining these military jets will create a huge and lucrative market over the coming two decades. (references) | |
Similarly, for aircraft repairing equipment, key competitive factors such as price, credit facilities and after sales services are equally important. (references) | ||
Soviets became particularly adept at repairing and adjusting their own automobiles to keep them running in an economy where parts and resources were limited. (references) | ||
Economic History | Austria | Fewer new cars means that people will be repairing their older cars, which will boost demand for replacement parts. (references) |
Singapore | The airframe sub-sector is capable of repairing both large commercial and General Aviation airframes, as well as military airframes. (references) | |
Peru | The GOP estimated the cost of repairing damage to highways and roads, bridges, water treatment plants, and schools to be at least $1 billion. (references) | |
Political Economy | THE BAHAMAS | In addition, in June 2000, Sun International lost its government tax concession because it failed to proceed with its commitment to commence the 700-room Phase III of its resort complex in July 1, 2000. The Bahamian government originally granted the $3 million tax incentive package in return for Sun's commitment to construct 1200 additional hotel rooms on Paradise Island, but part of these incentives were to be suspended if work did not begin on replacement of the old Holiday Inn and Paradise Paradise Hotels by January 2000. Sun International's Chairman and CEO Sol Kerzner said Sun had to commit all its development resources to repairing hurricane damage in 1999 and developing its Ocean Club Resort, golf course and time share project (part of its Phase II development). (references) |
Trade | Romania | Goods brought temporarily into Romania for repairing and re-export are placed under the inward processing regime. (references) |
Vietnam | Equipment brought in for the purpose of repairing other products, and then re-exported, is exempt from import duties by law, but it is a very complicated and long process. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Tanzania | In some rural areas, villagers still are obligated to work in the village community gardens or on small construction projects such as repairing roads. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | A further appropriation will also be necessary for repairing fortifications already established and the erection of such other works as may have real effect in obstructing the approach of an enemy to our sea port towns, or their remaining before them. |
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| "REPAIRING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.49% of the time. "REPAIRING" is used about 272 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.49% | 257 | 18,451 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.21% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.84% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.47% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 272 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "REPAIRING": shoe repairing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "REPAIRING": a-repairing, self-repairing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "REPAIRING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 修理 (mend, Mended, mending, Mends, repair, repaired). (various references) | |
Danish | reparationsvaerft (repairing yard), reparationsklausul (repairing clause), reparation af dæk og slanger;slidbanepålægning,vulkaniseringsanstalter (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres), vejvedligeholdelse (road repairing), vejudbedring (road repairing), vejreparation (road repairing), strikkemaskine til reparation af stroemper (machine for repairing stockings), skibsreparationsvaerft (ships repairing yard), fremstilling og reparation af luftfartøjer (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing), arbejdsponton med lossebom (repairing vessel with derrick), arbejdsponton (repairing pontoon). (various references) | |
Dutch | reparatiewerf (repairing yard), reparatieclausule (repairing clause), reparatieboot (repairing pontoon), werkbak (repairing pontoon), wegverbetering (road repairing), vliegtuigfabrieken en-reparatiebedrijven (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing), timmerbak (repairing pontoon), scheepsreparatiewerf (ships repairing yard), machine voor het herstellen van kousen (machine for repairing stockings), loopvlakvernieuwingsbedrijven;bandenreparatiebedrijven (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres), giekbak (repairing vessel with derrick). (various references) | |
Finnish | renkaiden pinnoitus (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres), ilma-alusten osien valmistus ja korjaus (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing). (various references) | |
French | raccommodage (repair), réparant. (various references) | |
German | behebend, ausbessernd (darning, refitting). (various references) | |
Greek | κατασκευή και επισκευή εναέριων μεταφορικών μέσων (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing), όρος επιδιορθώσεως (repairing clause), ρήτρα επιδιορθώσεως (repairing clause), σκάφος επιδιορθώσεων με μπούμα (repairing vessel with derrick), σχεδία επιδιορθώσεων (repairing pontoon), μηχανή για το μαντάρισμα των καλτσών (machine for repairing stockings), εργοτάξιο επισκευών πλοίων (ships repairing yard), εργοτάξιο επιδιορθώσεως (repairing yard), αναγόμωση και επισκευή ελαστικών (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres). (various references) | |
Hungarian | a kazán megjavításáért (to repairing boiler). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembenahan (mending). (various references) | |
Italian | riparazioni alla sede stradale (road repairing), rimagliatrice per calze (machine for repairing stockings), rigenerazione e riparazione di pneumatici (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres), migliorie stradali (road repairing), costruzioni e riparazioni aeronautiche (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 修造 , 修補 , 修理 (mending), 修理 (mending). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅぞう (sake brewing), しゅうぞう (collection, garnering), しゅうほ, しゅうり (mending). (various references) | |
Korean | 고침. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | epairingray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | recauchutagem e reparação de pneus (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres), máquina de apanhar malhas de meias (machine for repairing stockings), construção e reparação de aeronaves (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing). (various references) | |
Romanian | reparator (restoring). (various references) | |
Scottish | càradh (condition). (various references) | |
Spanish | recauchutado y reparación de neumáticos (retreading and repairing of rubber tyres), maquina de coger puntos a las medias (machine for repairing stockings), construcción y reparación de aeronaves (aerospace equipment manufacturing and repairing). (various references) | |
Swedish | reparation (fixing, overhaul, refit, reparation), lagning (cooking, mending, repair). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 24, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai oi uioi autou panteV kai proshlqon autw oi pente kai ta loipa idou gegrammena epi thn grafhn twn basilewn kai ebasileusen amasiaV uioV autou ant' autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Porro filii eius ac summa pecuniae quae adunata fuerat sub eo et instauratio domus Dei scripta sunt diligentius in libro regum regnavitque Amasias filius eius pro eo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bot the sonus of hym, and the soume of monee that was leyd to gydre vndir hym, and the enstorynge of the hous of God, ben writen more diligently in the boke of Kyngis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now the story of his sons, and all the words said by the prophet against him, and the building up again of the Lord's house, are recorded in the account in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 24, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Karon mahitungod sa iyang mga anak nga lalake, ug ang pagkadaku sa iyang mga lulan nga gitungtung kaniya, ug ang pagtukod pag-usab sa balay sa Dios, ania karon, sila nahisulat sa hubad sa kaagi sa basahon sa mga hari. Ug si Amasias nga iyang anak nga lalake naghari ilis kaniya. |
| Croatian | A o njegovim sinovima i o velikim proroštvima protiv njega, o obnavljanju Doma Božjega, sve je zapisano u tumaèenju Knjige o kraljevima. Na njegovo se mjesto zakraljio sin mu Amasja. |
| Danish | Hans Sønners Navne, de mange profetiske Udsagn imod ham og hans grundige Udbedring af Guds, Hus står jo optegnet i Udlægningen til Kongernes Bog. Hans Søn Amazja blev Konge i hans Sted. |
| Dutch | Aangaande nu zijn zonen, en de grootheid van den last, hem opgelegd, en het gebouw van het huis Gods, ziet, zij zijn geschreven in de historie van het boek der koningen; en zijn zoon Amazia werd koning in zijn plaats. |
| Finnish | Hänen pojistaan, monista häntä vastaan lausutuista ennustuksista ja Jumalan temppelin uudestaanrakentamisesta, katso, niistä on kirjoitettu Kuningasten kirjan selityskirjaan. Ja hänen poikansa Amasja tuli kuninkaaksi hänen sijaansa. |
| French | Pour ce qui concerne ses fils, le grand nombre de prophéties dont il fut l`objet, et les réparations faites à la maison de Dieu, cela est écrit dans les mémoires sur le livre des rois. Amatsia, son fils, régna à sa place. |
| German | Aber seine Söhne und die Summe, die unter ihm gesammelt ward, und der Bau des Hauses Gottes, siehe, die sind geschrieben in der Historie im Buche der Könige. Und sein Sohn Amazja ward König an seiner Statt. |
| Haitian Creole | Nan esplikasyon yo bay sou liv wa yo, n'a jwenn istwa pitit gason Joas yo, mesaj pwofèt yo te bay sou li, epi yo rakonte ki jan li te rebati Tanp Bondye a. Se Amasya, pitit Joas la, ki moute wa nan plas li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kisah mengenai anak-anak Yoas, mengenai ramalan-ramalan yang tidak baik tentang dia, dan mengenai bagaimana ia memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN, semuanya tercantum dalam buku Penjelasan Kitab Raja-raja. Amazia, putra Yoas, menjadi raja menggantikan ayahnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Arakian, maka adapun segala puteranya, dan kebesaran tanggungan yang diletakkannya, dan perbuatan membaiki bait-Ullah, bahwasanya sekalian itu adalah tersebut di dalam kitab hikayat raja-raja; maka Amazia, puteranya, lalu naik raja akan gantinya. |
| Italian | Quanto riguarda i suoi figli, la quantità dei tributi da lui riscossi, il restauro del tempio di Dio, ecco tali cose sono descritte nella memoria del libro dei re. Al suo posto divenne re suo figlio Amazia. |
| Maori | Na, ko ana tama, me te nui o nga taimaha i utaina ki runga ki a ia, me te hanganga i te whare o te Atua, nana, kei te tuhituhi ena i roto i nga korero o te pukapuka o nga kingi; a ko tana tama, ko Amatia, te kingi i muri i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Om hans sønner og de mange profetord som blev talt imot ham, og den grundige utbedring av Guds hus, derom er det skrevet i kongenes historiebok; og hans sønn Amasja blev konge i hans sted. |
| Portuguese | Ora, quanto a seus filhos, e ao grande número de oráculos pronunciados contra ele, e à restauração da casa de Deus, eis que estão escritos no comentário do livro dos reis. E Amazias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar. |
| Rumanian | Ckt despre fiii lui, despre marele numqr de proorocii fqcute cu privire la el, wi despre dregerea Casei lui Dumnezeu, toate acestea sknt scrise kn istoria din cartea kmpqrayilor. Kn locul lui a domnit fiul squ Amayia. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"REPAIRING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prepairing, reairing, repairian, repairsing, reparing, Ribavirin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "REPAIRING" (pronounced rupe"ring or rēpe"ring) |
| 5 | -p e" r i ng | comparing, despairing, impairing, pairing, paring, preparing, sparing, unsparing. |
| 4 | -e" r i ng | airing, baring, bearing, blaring, caring, chairing, daring, declaring, flaring, glaring, haring, herring, overbearing, scaring, sharing, snaring, squaring, staring, swearing, tearing, uncaring, Waring, wearing. |
| 3 | -r i ng | appearing, acquiring, adhering, admiring, adoring, alluring, aspiring, assuring, barring, bioengineering, boring, charring, cheering, childbearing, clearing, conspiring, curing, deploring, disappearing, domineering, during, earring, electioneering, endearing, enduring, engineering, ensuring, expiring, exploring, fearing, firing, flooring, gearing, Goring, hearing, hiring, ignoring, imploring, inspiring, insuring, interfering, jarring, jeering, luring, marring, maturing, ministering, mooring, nearing, obscuring, outpouring, overhearing, overpowering, peering, perspiring, pioneering, poring, pouring, premiering, procuring, profiteering, quiring, racketeering, rearing, reassuring, reengineering, rehearing, rehiring, restoring, retiring, roaring, scarring, scoring, searing, securing, shearing, shoring, smearing, sneering, snoring, soaring, sparring, Spearing, starring, steering, stevedoring, storing, tarring, tiring, touring, underscoring, uninspiring, veering, volunteering, warring, wiring. |
| 7 | r ē p e" r i ng | preparing. |
| 5 | -p e" r i ng | comparing, despairing, impairing, pairing, paring, sparing, unsparing. |
| 4 | -e" r i ng | airing, baring, bearing, blaring, caring, chairing, daring, declaring, flaring, glaring, haring, herring, overbearing, scaring, sharing, snaring, squaring, staring, swearing, tearing, uncaring, Waring, wearing. |
| 3 | -r i ng | appearing, acquiring, adhering, admiring, adoring, alluring, aspiring, assuring, barring, bioengineering, boring, charring, cheering, childbearing, clearing, conspiring, curing, deploring, disappearing, domineering, during, earring, electioneering, endearing, enduring, engineering, ensuring, expiring, exploring, fearing, firing, flooring, gearing, Goring, hearing, hiring, ignoring, imploring, inspiring, insuring, interfering, jarring, jeering, luring, marring, maturing, ministering, mooring, nearing, obscuring, outpouring, overhearing, overpowering, peering, perspiring, pioneering, poring, pouring, premiering, procuring, profiteering, quiring, racketeering, rearing, reassuring, reengineering, rehearing, rehiring, restoring, retiring, roaring, scarring, scoring, searing, securing, shearing, shoring, smearing, sneering, snoring, soaring, sparring, Spearing, starring, steering, stevedoring, storing, tarring, tiring, touring, underscoring, uninspiring, veering, volunteering, warring, wiring. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-n-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: grainier. | |
-2 letters: angrier, earring, grainer, grapier, gripier, pairing, parring, prairie, rainier, rangier, reaping, rearing. | |
-3 letters: airier, airing, earing, erring, gainer, garner, griper, panier, paring, pieing, pinger, pinier, ranger, rapier, rapine, raping, rapini, raring, reagin, regain, regina, repair, ringer, riping. | |
-4 letters: airer, anger, aping, arpen, gaper, garni, genii, genip, gnarr, grain, grape, gripe, iring, pager. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-n-p-r-r" | |
+2 letters: pretraining. | |
+3 letters: overpraising, premigration, preordaining, privateering, reappraising, repatriating, repolarizing, reprimanding. | |
+4 letters: expropriating, parametrizing, peregrinating, peregrination, prefiguration, prevaricating, proliferating, reciprocating, reprivatizing, transpiercing. | |
+5 letters: intercomparing, parameterizing, peregrinations, predischarging, prefabricating, prefigurations, reapportioning, repartitioning, repopularizing, repristinating. | |
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