injure

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ UK /ˈɪn.dʒə/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #20491

Meanings

1

verb
To hurt a person or animal physically.

The team's star player was injured in the match.
2

verb
To damage something or harm it in some way.

The scandal badly injured his reputation.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to hurt a person or animal... wound hurt damage

2 verb · to damage something or harm... damage hurt

Word family

Forms injurerinjuresinjuringuninjured

Derived forms injurableinjurerreinjureself-injure

Related forms injurious injury

Etymology

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

*h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European injurie Middle English iniūria Latin

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# injure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈɪn.dʒə
**Frequency rank:** 20491

## Meanings
1. To hurt a person or animal physically.
2. To damage something or harm it in some way.

## Examples
- The team's star player was injured in the match.
- The scandal badly injured his reputation.

## Derived Forms
- injurable
- injurer
- reinjure
- self-injure

## Related Forms
- injurious
- injury

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂yew-
- Root: injurie
- Root: iniūria

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

## AI Etymology
Injure is a back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *h₂yew-.

## Topics
- People & Society

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