Meaning & use
repaved
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“repaved” is a form of “repave”.
Meanings
verbtransitive
Past tense and past participle of repave: covered a road or path with a new hard surface.
Grammar: Takes an object: the crew repaved the street.
Patterns
- repaved something
- be repaved
The city repaved Main Street over the summer.
Our driveway was repaved after the tree roots cracked it.
Workers repaved the parking lot in two days.
adjectivebefore a noun
Having a fresh surface of asphalt, concrete or stone.
Grammar: Used before a noun: the repaved road.
Patterns
- a repaved something
Cyclists enjoyed the smooth repaved path.
The repaved highway reopened on Monday.
A repaved sidewalk replaced the broken one.
Common combinations
- freshly repaved
- The freshly repaved road smelled of tar.
- repaved the street
- They repaved the street after the pipes were fixed.
- repaved the driveway
- We repaved the driveway with gravel.
- recently repaved
- A recently repaved lane made the commute smoother.
Synonyms and how they differ
- resurfaced
- This is broader and can mean adding a new top layer to any surface, such as a court.
- retarred
- This applies to asphalt covered with tar specifically.
- relaid
- This means laid again, often stones or tiles, and need not use fresh material.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: repaved or repaid?
repaved vs repaid
Repaid means paid back; repaved means given a new road surface.
Practice
The potholes disappeared after the council ___ the avenue.
Choose one answer.
Repaved means put a new surface on; repaid and repealed have different meanings, and repaired to is ungrammatical here.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “repaved”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.