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det·ri·ment
/
ˈdɛ
trə
mənt
/
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[
de
-tr
uh
-m
uh
nt
]
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noun
1.
loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
2.
a cause of loss or damage.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
(<
Middle French
) <
Latin
dētrīmentum
loss, damage, equivalent to
dētrī-
(see
detritus
) +
-mentum
-ment
Synonyms
1.
See
damage
.
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detriment
(ˈdɛtrɪmənt)
—
n
1.
disadvantage or damage; harm; loss
2.
a cause of disadvantage or damage
[C15: from Latin
dētrīmentum,
a rubbing off, hence damage, from
dēterere
to rub away, from
de-
+
terere
to rub]
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Word Origin & History
detriment
c.1440, from L. detrimentum, from detri-, stem of detere "wear away," from de- "away" + terere "to rub, wear" (see
throw
). Metaphoric sense of "impair" was present in classical L.
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That will be to their
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seriously, to their great
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.
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Both have extremists and it is the extremists that get all the attention to the
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of both sides.
It is to the
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of that country.
The production looks better than the first one-to the film's
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.
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effects on health.
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The elimination of theology meant that some other branch of knowledge would usurp the vacant place to its own
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