harm
To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate objectTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
» Smoking will do you a lot of harm.
Rauchen wird Ihnen sehr schaden.
Rauchen schadet dir sehr.
Курение принесёт тебе много вреда.
Курение причинит тебе много вреда.
Палити дуже шкідливо для здоров’я.
Meaning
1 sensesTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
schaden
вреди́тьvredítʹ, повреди́тьpovredítʹ, навреди́тьnavredítʹ
шко́дитиškódyty, нашко́дитиnaškódyty, завдава́ти шко́диzavdaváty škódy
- cause or do harm to
Examples
550 sentencesSmoking will do you a lot of harm.
Палити дуже шкідливо для здоров’я. — Internecivus
ruКурение принесёт тебе много вреда. — Lenin_1917
deRauchen wird Ihnen sehr schaden. — mayabe
What's the harm in trying to do that?
Чим це зашкодить, якщо ми спробуємо це зробити? — deniko
deWas kann es schaden, es zu versuchen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I promise you that I won't do anything to harm you.
Я обіцяю, що не робитиму нічого, щоб тебе скривдити. — Ahha
I won't harm you.
Я тобі не зашкоджу. — deniko
Some medicine does us harm.
Деякі медикаменти нам шкодять. — aandrusiak
ruНекоторые медикаменты нам вредят. — shanghainese
deSo manche Medizin schadet uns. — Trinkschokolade
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, frFrom Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).
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Forms
harms, harming, harmed, harmedSynonyms
25 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- any harm
- no harm
- more harm than
- harm than good
- mean any harm
- any harm in
- meant no harm
- there's any harm
- harm in telling
- no harm in
- want to harm
- more harm