damage

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/
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/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈɖæmeːd͡ʒ/

Definition of damage

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
    “The storm did a lot of damage to the area.”
    “the damage is already done”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
    “The storm did a lot of damage to the area.”
    “the damage is already done”
    “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.”
  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)Cost or expense.
    “"What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.”

verb

  1. (transitive)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.”
    “Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.”
    “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.”
    “He […] came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.”
  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?”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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.

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