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I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.
Gwendoline Christie

Meaning of "injury" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INJURY

From Latin injūria injustice, wrong, from injūriōsus acting unfairly, wrongful, from in-1 + jūs right.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INJURY

injury  [ˈɪndʒərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INJURY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Injury is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INJURY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

injury

Injury

An injury is damage to a biological organism caused by physical harm. Major trauma is injury that can potentially lead to serious outcomes.

Definition of injury in the English dictionary

The first definition of injury in the dictionary is physical damage or hurt. Other definition of injury is a specific instance of this. Injury is also harm done to a reputation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INJURY


biosurgery
ˈbaɪəʊˌsɜːdʒərɪ
conjury
ˈkʌndʒərɪ
cryosurgery
ˌkraɪəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
drudgery
ˈdrʌdʒərɪ
electrosurgery
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
forgery
ˈfɔːdʒərɪ
gingery
ˈdʒɪndʒərɪ
lingerie
ˈlænʒərɪ
menagerie
mɪˈnædʒərɪ
microsurgery
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
neurosurgery
ˌnjʊərəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
noninjury
nɒnˈɪndʒərɪ
orangery
ˈɒrɪndʒərɪ
perjury
ˈpɜːdʒərɪ
psychosurgery
ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
reinjury
riːˈɪndʒərɪ
scavengery
ˈskævɪndʒərɪ
surgery
ˈsɜːdʒərɪ
treasury
ˈtrɛʒərɪ
usury
ˈjuːʒərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INJURY

injudiciousness
Injun
injunct
injunction
injunctive
injunctively
injurable
injure
injured
injured party
injurer
injuries
injurious
injuriously
injuriousness
injury benefit
injury list
injury time
injury-prone
injustice

WORDS THAT END LIKE INJURY

accidental injury
add insult to injury
coroner´s jury
grand jury
groin injury
hamstring injury
head injury
hung jury
hyperextension-hyperflexion injury
industrial injury
jury
needlestick injury
nonaccidental injury
nonjury
repetitive strain injury
repetitive stress injury
special jury
sports injury
trial jury
whiplash injury

Synonyms and antonyms of injury in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INJURY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «injury» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of injury

Translation of «injury» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INJURY

Find out the translation of injury to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of injury from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «injury» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伤害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lesión
570 millions of speakers

English

injury
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चोट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِصَابَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

травма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ferimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আঘাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blessure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecederaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verletzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

怪我
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cilaka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vết thương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इजा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hasar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lesione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

травма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραύμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skada
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skade
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of injury

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INJURY»

The term «injury» is very widely used and occupies the 6.118 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INJURY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «injury» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «injury» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about injury

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10 QUOTES WITH «INJURY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word injury.
1
Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
2
Tracy Austin
Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.
3
Michelle Bachelet
Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.
4
Andrew Bogut
What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.
5
Louis D. Brandeis
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
6
Preston Brooks
I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
7
Bill Buckner
I'd rather not, but if it will help the club, I'll do it. My ankle injury still bothers me sometimes.
8
Tom Chatfield
Even when they're not causing injury, human-controlled cars are often driven inefficiently, ineptly, antisocially, or in other ways additive to the sum of human misery.
9
Marco Chiudinelli
Reaching the top 100 was always my goal since I started to play as a pro. In '05 I came quite close, reaching a ranking of No. 129, but then was stopped by a major shoulder injury.
10
Gwendoline Christie
I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INJURY»

Discover the use of injury in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to injury and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice
A medical condition of this magnitude and scope requires the thoughtful and wide-ranging coverage this text provides. It will quickly become the authoritative desk reference sought by clinicians practicing brain injury medicine.
Nathan Zasler, Douglas Katz, MD, Ross D. Zafonte, 2007
2
Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Symptoms can mimic those of a stroke, depression, or chronic fatigue syndrome. Authors Stoler and Hill offer clear information on the different types of brain injury, as well as the treatment options available.
Diane Roberts Stoler, 1998
3
Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury
This new edition of Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury has been thoroughly revised and updated from the 2005 first edition to reflect the exponential expansion of research and clinical data amassed in the intervening years.
Jonathan M. Silver, Thomas W. McAllister, Stuart C. Yudofsky, 2011
4
Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention
This new edition will continue to interest a variety of researchers including physicians; biomechanical researchers; mechanical, biomedical and automotive engineers; as well as attorneys and jurists involved in accidental injury cases.
Alan M. Nahum, John Melvin, 2002
5
How to Build and Manage a Personal Injury Practice
This book discusses the basic differences between personal injury law and other types of law practice and provides guidance for avoiding common pitfalls.
K. William Gibson, 2006
6
Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury
Rehabilitation For Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a state-of-the-science review of the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions.
Walter M. High Jr. Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Angelle M. Sander Jr. Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Margaret A. Struchen Jr. Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2005
7
Brain Injury Medicine, 2nd Edition: Principles and Practice
A medical condition of this magnitude and scope requires the thoughtful and wide-ranging coverage this text provides. It will quickly become the authoritative desk reference sought by clinicians practicing brain injury medicine.
Nathan D. Zasler MD, Douglas I. Katz MD, Ross D. Zafonte DO, 2012
8
Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury
This is the story, in her own words, of Lynsey's quest to discover her identity and, eventually, to come to terms with her disability. She faces devastating setbacks and her sense of loss, grief and rage is movingly recalled.
Lynsey Calderwood, 2002
9
Injury Prevention and Public Health: Practical Knowledge, ...
Health Behavior, Education, & Promotion
Tom Christoffel, Susan Scavo Gallagher, 2006
10
Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury
This is changing the way people with TBI are assessed and is generating new approaches to rehabilitation. This volume will be of interest to psychologists, speech pathologists and therapists and linguists.
Skye E. McDonald, Chris Code, Leanne Togher, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INJURY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term injury is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Self-driving car involved in injury crash - Mountain View Voice
Google officials on Thursday reported a Mountain View crash involving one of the company's self-driving car prototypes. But this collision -- the ... «Mountain View Voice, Jul 15»
2
Fit Nation: Training through an injury - CNN.com
Six CNN viewers have been selected to be part of the 2015 Fit Nation triathlon team. They'll race alongside Dr. Sanjay Gupta in the Nautica ... «CNN, Jul 15»
3
Struggling Michael Cuddyer expects to deal with knee injury for the …
After signing a two-year, $21 million contract with the Mets over the winter, Michael Cuddyer struggled to the tune of a .244/.294/.367 batting ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Moore 'frustrated' following injury absence | Horse Racing News …
Ryan Moore and Aloft. Ryan Moore had been enjoying a great season before his injury. PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) ... «Racing Post, Jul 15»
5
Waisake Naholo out of Rugby World Cup contention with leg injury
Naholo suffered the leg bone injury in his debut for the All Blacks against Argentina in Christchurch on Friday night. The All Blacks won the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Aaron Gordon Injury: Updates on Magic Star's Recovery from Jaw …
Aaron Gordon Injury: Updates on Magic Star's Recovery from Jaw Surgery. Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press. 71.6K. Reads. 47. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
7
Marcus Smart Injury: Updates on Celtics Star's Fingers and Return …
... any extra reps available to develop chemistry and learn to coexist on the court. That makes Smart's injury all the more untimely. Share; Tweet ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
8
2 arrested in Sarasota child injury case - WTSP.com
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested two people today in connection with a child injury case that landed a four-year-old boy in the ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
9
Aldo on injury and prepping for McGregor: 'I will continue to train the …
Jose Aldo spoke to the assembled media in Brasil to talk about his injury, his eventual fight with Conor McGregor, and a myriad of other ... «Bloody Elbow, Jul 15»
10
Lanes closed on Tri-State after injury crash near Des Plaines …
Several vehicles were involved in an injury crash Friday afternoon on the Tri-State Tollway near Golf Road. | Network Video Productions. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

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