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Meaning of 'damage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Damage [ n.]
- Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
- The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.
- To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.
2 . Damage [ v. i.]
- To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight.

Meaning of 'damage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . damage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
Example in sentence:
  • he got his new car on excellent terms;
  • how much is the damage?;
  • the price of gasoline
2 . damage [ v]
Meaning (2):
- inflict damage upon
Example in sentence:
  • She damaged the car when she hit the tree;
  • The snow damaged the roof
Meaning (3):
- suffer or be susceptible to damage
Example in sentence:
  • These fine china cups damage easily

Nearby Words:

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