Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possible to repair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being repaired; admitting of repair.
- Synonyms Restorable, retrievable, recoverable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
repaired .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being repaired or rectified
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When Wollheim transposes Lacan into collegial status as a philosopher, he puts him in a world where internal contradictions (unless "reparable") are grounds for dismissal.
Lacan: An Exchange Turkle, Sherry 1979
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Maybe not the women (those characters need some major work to bring them into the twenty-first century), but the racism – while not excusable – is certainly reparable without much effort at all.
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I have traversed elevations of 700 meters (.5 miles) and higher while pulling a 100 kilogram sled (220 lbs) and experienced an Antarctic hurricane that caused damage to my tent, which was fortunately reparable.
Johan Ernst Nilson: Status Update: Trekking Through Antarctica Johan Ernst Nilson 2012
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I have traversed elevations of 700 meters (.5 miles) and higher while pulling a 100 kilogram sled (220 lbs) and experienced an Antarctic hurricane that caused damage to my tent, which was fortunately reparable.
Johan Ernst Nilson: Status Update: Trekking Through Antarctica Johan Ernst Nilson 2012
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The damage is reparable and I have learned some valuable lessons.
very very late weekly, but with good reason nathreee 2010
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Those at that income level must ask themselves how much is it worth to make sure our children grow up in a community that values them and ensures that they are not excluded from a healthy future because they were born with a congenital, but reparable heart defect, or type 1 diabetes.
Robert Ross: Putting Our Health First Robert Ross 2010
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The damage is reparable and I have learned some valuable lessons.
very very late weekly, but with good reason nathreee 2010
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If I destroyed all his belongings he would still be more reparable than how he left me.
Hayley Rose Horzepa: Forgiving My Rapist Hayley Rose Horzepa 2011
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Those at that income level must ask themselves how much is it worth to make sure our children grow up in a community that values them and ensures that they are not excluded from a healthy future because they were born with a congenital, but reparable heart defect, or type 1 diabetes.
Robert Ross: Putting Our Health First Robert Ross 2010
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If I destroyed all his belongings he would still be more reparable than how he left me.
Hayley Rose Horzepa: Forgiving My Rapist Hayley Rose Horzepa 2011
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