damage
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DAMAGECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂p-#DAMAGEFrom 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
- IPA(key): /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/, (Indic) /ˈɖæmeːd͡ʒ/Category:English 2-syllable words#DAMAGECategory:English 2-syllable words#DAMAGECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DAMAGE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DAMAGEAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: dam‧age
- Rhymes: -æmɪdʒCategory:Rhymes:English/æmɪdʒ#DAMAGECategory:Rhymes:English/æmɪdʒ/2 syllables#DAMAGE
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
- 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
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Friendship”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Great errors and absurdities many […] commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.Category:English terms with quotations#DAMAGE
- (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]
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Related 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
- (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
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, book 2, chapter 7, 5:
- The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Auguſt, 1712.Category:English terms with quotations#DAMAGE
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
- He […] came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.Category:English terms with quotations#DAMAGE
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#DAMAGE, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#DAMAGE) To undergo damage; to take damage.
- (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
- ↑ “damage”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ↑ “damage”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
- ↑ “damage” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- ↑ “damage” (US) / “damage” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- ↑ “damage”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- ↑ “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)
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
- IPA(key): /daˈmaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /dɔˈmaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈdamad͡ʒ(ə)/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#DAMAGE
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)
- damage, harm, injury
- loss (of reputation, etc.)
- (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#DAMAGE) disability, weakness
- (lawCategory:enm:Law#DAMAGE, often in the plural) damages (compensation for loss)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “damāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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
- (classical) IPA(key): /daˈmadʒə/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#DAMAGE
- (late) IPA(key): /daˈmaʒə/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#DAMAGE
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
