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damage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed). Cognate with Spanish daño, Portuguese dano, Italian danno, French dam, Romanian daună.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
    • 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. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Friendship”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
    • the damage is already done
    • The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
  2. (countable, slang, uncountable) Cost or expense.
    • "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
damages Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

the damage is done · country damage · what's the damage · cryodamage · attrition damage · damage feasant · loss and damage · brain damage · neurodamage · damage boost · damageous · splash damage · photodamage · radiation damage · damageful · damageless · nanodamage · collateral damage · microdamage · what's someone's damage · damage control

Relateds

damn · indemnity

Translations (189)

pt dano (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uk шко́да (cost or expense) · izh kaiho (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tg вайрон (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tr zarar (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fa آسیب (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ca damnatge (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · kk нұқсан (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · gl dano (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · el ζημία (cost or expense) · it danno (cost or expense) · tl kapinsalaan (cost or expense) · fa آک (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cy amhariadau (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fur daneç (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ky зыян (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · el ζημιά (cost or expense) · az zərər (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ang æfwerdla (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sh ште̏та (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fr dégât (cost or expense) · pt avaria (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fa خسارت (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ar ضَرَر (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sl škoda (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · rm donn (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · be стра́та (cost or expense) · ota مضرت (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · da skade (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ga díobháil (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ro deteriorare (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sh štȅta (cost or expense) · av зарар (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ja 痛手 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · pt estrago (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ar عُطْل (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · wyi nilim (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tl nasira (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fi tuho (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · he נֶזֶק (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · lmo dann (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · lv bojājums (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fi kustannus (cost or expense) · th ความเสียหาย (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sh ште̏та (cost or expense) · lt nuostolis (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · bg вреда́ (cost or expense) · ang æfwyrdla (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ko 손해 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tr ziyan (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ur نقصان (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · be стра́та (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sh štȅta (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · enm damage (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · be пашко́джанне (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · lt sugadinimas (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uz talafot (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · lv postījums (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ar إِضْرَار (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sv skada (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ast dañu (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · de Schaden (cost or expense) · tl pinsala (cost or expense) · pl szkoda (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · es damno (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fr dommage (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · mn ᠭᠡᠮᠲᠦᠯ (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ar خَسَارَة (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ro avarie (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · be шко́да (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hi अपकार (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ro daune (cost or expense) · cs poškození (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uz zarar (cost or expense) · fa زیان (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uk зби́тки (cost or expense) · es daño (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · nn skade (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ka ვნება (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ro stricăciune (cost or expense) · el ζημία (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · kmr zîyan (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ro daună (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ru вред (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ru убы́ток (cost or expense) · ba зыян (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fr dommage (cost or expense) · fi vahinko (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sq dëmtim (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cmn 損失 /损失 (cost or expense) · bg щета́ (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tg хисорат (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cs cena (cost or expense) · ro pagube (cost or expense) · dlm damno (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · gd coire (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · la noxia (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hi हानि (cost or expense) · mk штета (cost or expense) · uk шко́да (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fi vaurio (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ka გაფუჭება (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · el ζημιά (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hi क्षति (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fi kulu (cost or expense) · ug زىيان (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ca perjudici (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · scn dammaggiu (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tl pinsala (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sq dëm (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sk škoda (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · da skade (cost or expense) · ru поврежде́ние (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · nan-hbl 損害 /损害 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ca dany (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hy վնաս (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cy amhariad (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ota زیان (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tt зыян (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uz ziyon (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ru уще́рб (cost or expense) · nb skade (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tl kapinsalaan (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tk zyýan (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cmn 損害 /损害 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hi नुक़सान (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ms kerosakan (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uz zarar (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ja 損失 (cost or expense) · txb karep (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ka ზიანი (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · az zərər (cost or expense) · ja 損害 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · nl schade (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · bn সদমা (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · lt žala (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · eo damaĝo (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · bg щета́ (cost or expense) · et kahju (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uk пошко́дження (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · mi pākarutanga (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · pl uszkodzenie (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · it danno (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hu kár (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · az xəsarət (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tg зиён (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tg зарар (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · nan-hbl 敗害 /败害 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ka ზარალი (cost or expense) · pt estrago (cost or expense) · mk штета (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · es daño (cost or expense) · ar تَلَف (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ang æfwerdelsa (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · nl schade (cost or expense) · ga damáiste (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fa ضرر (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sk poškodenie (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · grc βλάβη (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ota ضرر (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fy skea (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · oc damatge (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tr hasar (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fi hinta (cost or expense) · ist dagno (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · is sköddun (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · de Schaden (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ko 손상 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · kk зиян (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · bg ущъ́рб (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ko 손실 (cost or expense) · mk оштетување (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fi hävitys (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · da beskadigelse (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cy difrod (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fur dam (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ang hearm (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ru уще́рб (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ga millteanas (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · gd milleadh (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · uk зби́тки (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · hi हानी (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ja 損傷 (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · mn гэмтэл (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · fr dégât (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · sa क्षति (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · cs škoda (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · ro pagubă (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm) · tl nagiba (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm)

damage en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed). Cognate with Spanish daño, Portuguese dano, Italian danno, French dam, Romanian daună.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
    • Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.
    • He […] came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. 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:
    • Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
    • 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. 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:
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To undergo damage; to take damage.
  3. (transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
    • Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
damages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
damaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
damaged Tense=Past lexicographic
damaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

damager · undamaged · damageability · damageable · redamage

Synonyms

misdo · forwork · ravel · destroy · wipe off · unbreed · eliminate · uproot · desolate · harrow · extirpate · bewreck · wipe out · injure · vulnerate · harry · bewound · overturn · fuck · maul · annihilate · unexist · unmake · wreck · remove · overthrow · lay waste · pull down · dissolve · do damage to · scathe · grieve · injure · decompose · damnify · do for · benothing · nuke · erase · exterminate · atomize · subvert · level · mayhem · obliterate · damage · harm · annoy · wet · raze · stamp out · do violence to · scaith · dash · pulverize · disperse · abuse · total · devastate · eradicate · disintegrate · ruin · extinguish · dere · demolish · blotto · wound · hurt · put someone in hospital · jazz · ravage · fordo · aerosolize · diffuse · liquidate · race · harm · do ill · waste · ruinate · blot out

Translations (92)

ms rosak (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ru наноси́ть уще́рб (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ru нанести́ уще́рб (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ga déan damáiste (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · mi whakakaurapa (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · pt danar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ga déan díobháil (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · uk псува́ти (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · da tilføje skade (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · eu kalte egin (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · jv rusak (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ro strica (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lv sabojāt (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · enm damagen (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · pt danificar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · da gøre skade på (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · got 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lv sapostīt (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ka გაფუჭება (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · cy amharu (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · enm merren (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · it rovinare (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lad aharientar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · es dañar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · fi vahingoittaa (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · sv skada (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ru поврежда́ть (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · la noceō (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · hu megkárosít (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lt padaryti žalos (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · et rikkuma (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ru испо́ртить (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · cmn 毀壞 /毁坏 (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ro defecta (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · es quiñar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · bni bebisa (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · pt avariar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · fr endommager (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lv sasist (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ro deteriora (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ang sliþan (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · eo damaĝi (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · eo difekti (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · hu megrongál (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ang derian (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lt sugadinti (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · is skadda (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lt padaryti nuostolių (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · hu tönkretesz (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ln bebisa (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · mk расипува (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · bg повреждам (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · sq dëmtoj (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ota بوزمق (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · mk оштетува (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ru повреди́ть (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ro dăuna (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · it danneggiare (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · fi vaurioittaa (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ga loit (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · sh pokvariti (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · pl uszkadzać (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ca danyar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · fr abîmer (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · he הזיק (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · uk шко́дити (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · de beschädigen (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ga damáistigh (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · lt pakenkti (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · mi whakakeretā (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ka დაზიანება (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · cmn 損壞 /损坏 (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · sh oštetiti (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · it macchiare (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · nl beschadigen (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · io domajar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · uk завдава́ти зиби́тків (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · et lõhkuma (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · cs poškodit (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · pt estragar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ja 損なう (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ja 傷付ける (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · gl danar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · da beskadige (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ang gesargian (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ru по́ртить (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · hy վնասել (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · uk пошко́джувати (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ast dañar (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · ro avaria (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · grc βλάπτω (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction) · pl psuć (to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction)