испра́вить — meaning in English

English meaning

• correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
• fix verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
• mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
• rectify verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
• retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.
• right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.

Senses

испра́вить is used for these senses in English:

• correct (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
• fix (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
• mend (archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).
• rectify (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]
• retrieve (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
• right (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
• sort out (transitive) To fix (a problem).

correct — full definition

1. adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
2. verb To fix an error or make something right.

fix — full definition

1. verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
2. verb To attach or secure something firmly in place.
3. verb To prepare food or drink.
4. verb To dishonestly arrange the outcome of a contest or event in advance.
5. noun A solution to a problem.

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