damage

dam·age

Use damage in a sentence

The damage to a car after an accident.

noun

The definition of damage is injury or harm to a person or thing that reduces health, value or usefulness.

An example of damage is a shattered hip that needs replacement.
An example of damage is a chair that's been broken.
An example of damage is the devastation after a tornado.

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damage

injury or harm to a person or thing, resulting in a loss in soundness or value
[pl.]Law money claimed by, or ordered paid to, a person to compensate for injury or loss caused by the wrong of the opposite party or parties
Informal cost or expense

Origin of damage

Middle English from Old French from dam from Classical Latin damnum, loss, injury: see damn

transitive verb

-·aged, -·ag·ing

to do damage to

to incur damage

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damage

noun

Destruction or a loss in value, usefulness, or ability resulting from an action or event.
damages Law Money required to be paid as compensation for an injury or wrong.
Informal Cost; price: What's the damage for the tickets to the show?

verb

dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es

verb

transitive

To cause damage to.

verb

intransitive

To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

Origin of damage

Middle English from Old French dam loss ( from Latin damnum ) -age -age

Related Forms:

dam′age·a·bil′i·ty
noun

dam′age·a·ble
adjective

dam′ag·ing·ly
adverb

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural damages)

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
(slang) Cost or expense.
"What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged)

To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.

Origin

From Old French damage (Modern French dommage), from Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum.

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