damage

English

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Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DAMAGECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂p-#DAMAGE

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DAMAGECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DAMAGE damage, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#DAMAGE damage, from Vulgar LatinCategory:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#DAMAGE *damnāticum from Classical LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DAMAGE damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DAMAGECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DAMAGE scath (whence unscathed). Cognate with Spanish daño.

Pronunciation

Noun

damage (countable and uncountable, plural damages)Category:English lemmas#DAMAGECategory:English nouns#DAMAGECategory:English uncountable nouns#DAMAGECategory:English countable nouns#DAMAGECategory:English countable nouns#DAMAGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGECategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGECategory:Pages with 3 entries#DAMAGE

  1. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
    The storm did a lot of damage to the area.Category:English terms with usage examples#DAMAGE
  2. (slangCategory:English slang#DAMAGE) Cost or expense.
    "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.Category:English terms with usage examples#DAMAGE

Usage notes

Currently it is only used as an uncountable noun,[1][2][3][4][5] except in the specialist legal plural-only sense, which see. There are few examples of the obsolete countable (singular) use.[6]

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

damage (third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged)Category:English lemmas#DAMAGECategory:English verbs#DAMAGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGECategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGECategory:Pages with 3 entries#DAMAGE

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DAMAGE) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
    Synonyms: harm, injure; see also Thesaurus:harm, Thesaurus:destroy
    Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.Category:English terms with usage examples#DAMAGE
    Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.Category:English terms with usage examples#DAMAGE
  2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#DAMAGE, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#DAMAGE) To undergo damage; to take damage.
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DAMAGE) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
    Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?Category:English terms with usage examples#DAMAGE

Derived terms

Translations

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References

  1. damage”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
  2. damage”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
  3. damage” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
  4. damage” (US) / damage” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
  5. damage”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  6. “that I…brought faire beauty to so fowle a domage” (Thomas Watson, The tears of Fancie, or Love disdained, 1593); “…however, ’tis an unspeakable damage to him for want of his money.” (Daniel Defoe, Colonel Jack, 1840)
Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂-#DAMAGE

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#DAMAGECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#DAMAGE damage, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#DAMAGE *damnāticum.

Pronunciation

Noun

damageCategory:Middle English lemmas#DAMAGECategory:Middle English nouns#DAMAGECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGECategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGECategory:Pages with 3 entries#DAMAGE (plural damages)

  1. damage, harm, injury
  2. loss (of reputation, etc.)
  3. (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#DAMAGE) disability, weakness
  4. (lawCategory:enm:Law#DAMAGE, often in the plural) damages (compensation for loss)

Descendants

References

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#DAMAGECategory:Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin#DAMAGE *damnāticum from Classical LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#DAMAGECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#DAMAGE damnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

damage oblique singular, m (oblique plural damages, nominative singular damages, nominative plural damage)Category:Old French lemmas#DAMAGECategory:Old French nouns#DAMAGECategory:Old French masculine nouns#DAMAGECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGECategory:Old French masculine nouns#DAMAGECategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGECategory:Pages with 3 entries#DAMAGE

  1. damage
  2. injury, hurt, insult

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