Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

    The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

    I injured my ankle playing tennis.

    verletzen

    ра́нитьránitʹ, пора́нитьporánitʹ

    ра́нитиrányty, пора́нитиporányty, зра́нитиzrányty

    cause injuries or bodily harm to

  2. (transitive)To damage or impair.

    verletzen

    повреди́тьpovredítʹ

    cause damage or affect negatively

  3. (transitive)To do injustice to.

    обижа́тьobižátʹ, оби́детьobídetʹ

Examples

1389 sentences
  1. I got my right leg injured.

    Я поранила праву ногу. — bicolino34

    ruЯ повредил правую ногу. — Selena777

    deIch verletzte mich am rechten Bein. — freddy1

  2. Tom was injured in the explosion.

    Тома було поранено внаслідок вибуху. — shanghainese

    ruТом был ранен в результате взрыва. — odexed

  3. Tom confirmed that nobody was injured.

    Том підтвердив, що ніхто не постраждав. — deniko

  4. We're hoping no one gets injured.

    Сподіваємося, що ніхто не буде поранений. — Walentinio

  5. He got injured in the traffic accident.

    Він постраждав в дорожньо-транспортній пригоді. — Internecivus

    ruОн пострадал в дорожном происшествии. — Leonid204

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to wound or cause physical harm:
Русский
By meaning 3
to wound or cause physical harm:
to cause damage or impair:
to do injustice to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to wound or cause physical harm:

Origin

A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from

A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

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Forms

injures, injuring, injured, injured
Base forminjure · to injure
3rd person singularinjures
Present participleinjuring
Past simpleinjured
Past participleinjured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinjure
he, she, itinjures

Past simpleLesson

all personsinjured

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill injure

Synonyms

70 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • get injured
  • injured in the
  • was injured in
  • get injured if
  • was seriously injured
  • seriously injured
  • might get injured
  • badly injured
  • has been injured
  • was badly injured
  • injured in a
  • got injured in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
injure — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto