damage
Syllables: dam·age/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/
damage noun: injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
Noun
damage (countable and uncountable, plural damages)
Verb
damage (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.
- Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.
- To undergo damage; to take damage.
- To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
- Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?
damage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
damage in Hindi
- abstract measure of something not being intact; harm
- नुक़सान nuqsān, हानी hānī, क्षति kṣati, अपकार apkār
- cost or expense
- हानि hāni
damage in Tamil
- சேதம், சேதாரம், சேதப் படுத்து, குலைத்துவிடு
damage in Marathi
- damage, harm
- हानी hānī
damage in Urdu
- abstract measure of something not being intact; harm
- نقصان nuqsān
More languagesFewer languages
- damage in Bengali
- সদমা śodoma
- damage in Telugu
- నష్టము naṣṭamu
- damage in Malayalam
- കേടുപാട് kēṭupāṭŭ, നഷ്ടം naṣṭaṁ, ചേതം cētaṁ, ആഘാതം āghātaṁ
- damage in Kannada
- ಎರವು, ಅಳಿವು
- damage in Punjabi
- ہان hān
- damage in Odia
- କ୍ଷତି, କ୍ଷଯ଼କ୍ଷତି
- damage in Sanskrit
- क्षति kṣati
- damage in Assamese
- ভাঙা bhaṅa, ভাগা bhaga, ভঙা bhoṅa, ভগা bhoga
- damage in Pashto
- صدمه sadamá
- damage in Tagalog
- pinsala, nasira, nagiba, kapinsalaan
- damage in Arabic
- عُطْل ʕuṭl, ضَرَر ḍarar, إِضْرَار ʔiḍrār, تَلَف talaf
- damage in Malay
- kerosakan, rosak
- damage in Persian
- زیان ziyân, خسارت xesârat, آسیب âsib, آک âk
- damage in Thai
- ความเสียหาย kwaam-sǐia-hǎai
Examples of damage in a sentence
- 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...
- 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...
Synonyms of damage
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Forms of damage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | damages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | damages |
| present participle | damaging |
| past participle | damaged |
| past | damaged |
Origin of damage
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, Portuguese dano, Italian danno, French dam, Romanian daună.
Words formed from damage
- attrition damage
- brain damage
- collateral damage
- country damage
- cryodamage
- damage boost
- damage control
- damage feasant
- damageful
- damageless
- damageous
- loss and damage
- microdamage
- nanodamage
- neurodamage
- photodamage
- radiation damage
- splash damage
- the damage is done
- what's someone's damage
- what's the damage
- damageability
- damageable
- damager
- redamage
- undamaged
Phrases with damage
Questions about damage
- What does damage mean?
- Damage means injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- What is damage in Hindi?
- Damage in Hindi is नुक़सान (nuqsān), हानी (hānī), क्षति (kṣati). See Damage meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use damage in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is damage?
- Damage can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce damage?
- Damage is pronounced /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of damage?
- The plural of damage is damages.
Words near damage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: damage (page history and authors); damage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हानी (Marathi) (page history and authors); నష్టము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ആഘാതം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); damage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ہان (Punjabi) (page history and authors); damage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ভগা (Assamese) (page history and authors); صدمه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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