Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

    Near-synonym: contract (debts, etc.)

    Cruelty incurs calamity.

    zufügen, sich aussetzen (etwas), sich zuziehen (etwas)

    подвергну́тьpodvergnútʹ, подверга́тьpodvergátʹ

    make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

  2. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

    (transitive)To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to.

    Near-synonyms: entail, invoke

    zurechnen, haftbar machen, in Haftung nehmen

    подвергну́тьpodvergnútʹ, подверга́тьpodvergátʹ

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To enter or pass into.

    (Risiko) eingehen

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

    ein Risiko eingehen

Examples

13 sentences
  1. No additional costs will be incurred.

    deEs fallen keine zusätzlichen Kosten an. — frpzzd

  2. Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.

    deAufklärung ist der Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbstverschuldeten Unmündigkeit. — rano

  3. You do not want to incur the wrath of God.

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  4. If you are not careful, you will incur prohibitive expenses.

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  5. Delaying study incurs the risk of great effort with little success.

    ruЗапоздалая учёба чревата большими усилиями при малом успехе. — shanghainese

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to expose oneself to something inconvenient:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to expose oneself to something inconvenient:
to render liable or subject to; to occasion:
obsolete: to enter into:
obsolete: to fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger:

Origin

From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old

From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere.

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Forms

incurs, incurring, incurred, incurred
Base formincur · to incur
3rd person singularincurs
Present participleincurring
Past simpleincurred
Past participleincurred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyincur
he, she, itincurs

Past simpleLesson

all personsincurred

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill incur

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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