detriment

CEFRC1

/ˈdɛtɹɪmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something that causes harm or damage.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

Examples

  • The poor educational policy is a detriment to Japan.

  • This discovery has been exploited to the detriment of the poor peasants.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The position or state of a planet when it is in the sign opposite its house, considered to weaken it.

  2. Harm, hurt, damage.

  3. The position or state of being eclipsed, entirely dark (sable).

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In context

  • "Would it be fair to say that when it came to making trouble, you'd make up for what you didn't absolutely know . . . and to our detriment?"

  • Argent; a Moon in her detriment, Sable. This word is used in heraldry to denote her being eclipsed.

  • When sable, the moon is said to be in her detriment.

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Origin

noun

From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”). Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment.