Damage Meaning
/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounInjury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
nounCost or expense.
Sentence Examples
Smoking does damage your lungs.
We went to court when they refused to pay for the damage.
It is difficult to assess the full extent of the damage.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The earthquake inflicted great ____ on the old city buildings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Smoking does ____ your lungs.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The earthquake inflicted great ____ on the old city buildings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Smoking does ____ your lungs.