Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

    the damage is already done

    The storm did a lot of damage to the area.

    Schaden

    поврежде́ниеpovreždénije, уще́рбuščérb, вредvred

    пошко́дженняpoškódžennja, шко́даškóda, зби́ткиzbýtky

    any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)Cost or expense.

    "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

    Schaden

    уще́рбuščérb, убы́токubýtok

    шко́даškóda, зби́ткиzbýtky

Examples

930 sentences

  1. The damage was covered by insurance.

    Шкода була покрита страховкою. — deniko

    ruУщерб был покрыт страховкой. — redscorp

    deDer Schaden war durch die Versicherung abgedeckt. — Tamy

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  2. The building was heavily damaged by fire.

    Будівля сильно постраждала від вогню. — aandrusiak

    ruЗдание сильно пострадало от огня. — GranD

    deDas Gebäude wurde durch einen Brand schwer beschädigt. — samueldora

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  3. His car was seriously damaged.

    Його машину було серйозно ушкоджено. — deniko

    ruЕго машина серьёзно пострадала. — marafon

    deSein Wagen wurde schwer beschädigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom offered to pay for damages.

    Том запропонував заплатити за збитки. — deniko

    ruТом предложил заплатить за ущерб. — odexed

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

    Будинок Тома було ушкоджено повінню. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
abstract measure of something not being intact; harm:
Русский
By meaning 2
abstract measure of something not being intact; harm:
cost or expense:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
abstract measure of something not being intact; harm:

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

plural: damages
Singulardamage
Pluraldamages

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of damaging something or someone:harmhurtscathe
  • loss of military equipment:equipment casualty
  • the occurrence of a change for the worse:harmimpairment
  • any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right:wronglegal injury
  • the amount of money needed to purchase something:priceterms

Word family

18 related words
RelateddamnB2indemnity
Derivedattrition damagecollateral damagecountry damagecryodamagedamage boostdamage controldamage feasantdamagefuldamagelessdamageousmicrodamagenanodamageneurodamagephotodamageradiation damagesplash damage

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

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
damA2damedammedammit

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