🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

수리하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: suri-hada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Repair/rɪˈpɛər/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 자전거를 수리하기로 결정했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To restore something that is damaged or broken to a good condition.

    "He decided to repair his bicycle after it got a flat tire."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of fixing or mending something.

    "The repair of the old building took several months."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'repair' originates from the Old French 'repaier', which means 'to restore' or 'to make ready again'. It can be traced back to the Latin 'reparare', composed of 're-' meaning 'again' and 'parare' meaning 'to prepare'. Over time, the term evolved to encompass both the act of fixing something and the state of being restored.

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