damage

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) Cost or expense.

Verb

1. (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To undergo damage; to take damage.
3. (transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

Synonyms

harm

injury

hurt

loss

destroy

spoil

injure

ruin

detriment

impair

break

waste

destruction

wound

impairment

wreck

mar

defect

weaken

spoiling

scathe

disadvantage

deface

disrupt

lose

bad

👎

deteriorate

collapse

wrong

flaw

upset

lesion

disfigure

vitiate

corrupt

mischief

imperfection

shatter

fault

accident

mutilate

breakdown

vandalize

devastate

stab

cut

blemish

demolish

laceration

compensation

Translations

Schaden

danno

daño

dommage

endommager

beschädigen

danneggiare

dano

dañar

schade

schädigen

Beschädigung

beschadigen

schaden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: damage

Cognate with French: dommage

Inherited from Middle English: scath

In summary

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).

Sentences

He landed the plane with a damaged gear , but no major damage .

This deficit may be caused by damage to the parietal lobe .