harm

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /hɑrm/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /hɑːm/

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Noun

Singular harm

Plural harms

1. (uncountable) Harm is the damage, injury or problems caused by something.

   In the attack, he caused her serious bodily harm.

   Please be careful, but luckily this time there was no harm done.

Verb

Plain form harm

Third-person singular harms

Past tense harmed

Past participle harmed

Present participle harming

1. (transitive) If you harm something, you damage or injure it, or cause it problems.

   Smoking during pregnancy can seriously harm your baby.

Related words

• harmful
• harmless