detriment
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trə noun
1.
loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
2.
a cause of loss or damage.
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| —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 | |
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Detriment
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is defray. Does it mean:
| that can be justified in argument |
| to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.) |
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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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Example sentences
That will be to their detriment.
They may seem witty to you, but less experienced teachers may take them seriously, to their great detriment.
Conversely, there are one or two cases of people whose musical abilities have been destroyed without detriment to their speech.
Both have extremists and it is the extremists that get all the attention to the detriment of both sides.
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