Sports / B1

INJ-uh-ree/ˈɪndʒəri/

An injury is harm to a person’s body: a serious / minor injury; sporting injuries; injury time in football. Damage is for things; wound often needs a cut or weapon; injury is the general medical and sports word. Injure is the verb; injured is the adjective. Do yourself an injury is informal British English.

Meaning

Harm to a person’s body.

Examples

• “He could not play because of an injury.”
• “She is still recovering from a knee injury.”
• “The crash caused several injuries but no deaths.”

Good to know

a serious / minor injury. Verb: injure. Things: damage. Cut/weapon: wound.

Near in meaning

wound

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