injury

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə.ɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə.ɹi/
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Noun

injury (countable and uncountable, plural injuries)

  1. Damage to the body of a human or animal.
    The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
  2. The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
    Slander is an injury to the character.
  3. (archaic) Injustice.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:injury

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See also

Verb

injury (third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)

  1. (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

Further reading

  • injury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • injury in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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