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исправля́ть — meaning in English

ispravlyat

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English meaning

  • amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  • 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.
  • redress verb To correct or make amends for something wrong or unfair.
  • 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

исправля́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • amend (transitive) To make better; improve.
  • 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.]
  • redress To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  • 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.

amend — full definition

  1. verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  2. verb To improve or correct something more generally.

correct — full definition

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

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