Injury Definition, Examples, and Usage Tips

Meaning 1：bodily harm (injury)

injury 🔊

/ˈɪndʒəri/

Harm or damage done to a person's body.

Injury on knee after sports accident on grass field

bodily harm 🔊

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/ˈbɒdɪli hɑːrm/

Harm or damage caused to a person's body, often from an accident, fall, or violence.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'injuria' (in- + jus 'right'), via Old French 'injure', meaning a wrongful act causing harm.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'in' + 'jury' = you are in a group of jurors but get hurt — 'in' danger of injury.

📖 Example

He had to leave the game early after suffering a leg injury while playing football. 🔊 He was forced to exit the match prematurely after a leg injury sustained during a football game.

🔗 Collocations

suffer an injury – to experience harm to the body

serious injury – a severe or life-threatening bodily damage

leg injury – damage specifically to the leg area

🔄 Synonyms

hurt (n.) – physical pain or injury, often less severe

wound (n.) – an injury to the skin or tissue, often caused by a cut or blow

damage (n.) – harm that impairs the function or condition of something, not limited to body

🚫 Antonyms

healing (n.) – the process of becoming healthy again after injury

recovery (n.) – the return to a normal state of health after illness or injury

health (n.) – a state of being free from injury or illness

🌱 Derivatives

injure (v.) – to cause physical harm to someone

injured (adj.) – having suffered physical harm

injurious (adj.) – causing or likely to cause injury

📖 Cultural Story

From Latin 'injuria' (injustice), via Old French 'injure', the word originally meant a legal wrong. Today it mostly refers to physical harm in sports and medicine.