Meaning

3 senses
  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.

    beschädigen

    поврежда́тьpovreždátʹ, повреди́тьpovredítʹ, по́ртитьpórtitʹ

    пошко́джуватиpoškódžuvaty, шко́дитиškódyty, псува́тиpsuváty

  2. (transitive)To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

    Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To undergo damage; to take damage.

    inflict damage upon

Examples

930 sentences
  1. The damage was covered by insurance.

    Шкода була покрита страховкою.

    ruУщерб был покрыт страховкой.

    deDer Schaden war durch die Versicherung abgedeckt.

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  2. The building was heavily damaged by fire.

    Будівля сильно постраждала від вогню.

    ruЗдание сильно пострадало от огня.

    deDas Gebäude wurde durch einen Brand schwer beschädigt.

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  3. His car was seriously damaged.

    Його машину було серйозно ушкоджено.

    ruЕго машина серьёзно пострадала.

    deSein Wagen wurde schwer beschädigt.

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  4. Tom offered to pay for damages.

    Том запропонував заплатити за збитки.

    ruТом предложил заплатить за ущерб.

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  5. Tom's house was damaged by the flood.

    Будинок Тома було ушкоджено повінню.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction:

Origin

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Cla

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.

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Forms

damages, damaging, damaged, damaged
Base formdamage · to damage
3rd person singulardamages
Present participledamaging
Past simpledamaged
Past participledamaged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydamage
he, she, itdamages

Past simpleLesson

all personsdamaged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave damaged
he, she, ithas damaged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill damage

Synonyms

79 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • house was damaged
  • lot of damage
  • damaged by the
  • damaged in the
  • for the damage
  • wasn't damaged in
  • wasn't damaged by
  • how much damage
  • was badly damaged
  • badly damaged
  • any damage
  • much damage

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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