damage

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the occurrence of a change for the worse
  2. noun loss of military equipment
  3. noun the act of damaging something or someone

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

harm, impairment

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