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Meaning of Incur in English

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Incur

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Verb

1. incur

make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

Example Sentences:
'People who smoke incur a great danger to their health'

2. find, get, incur, obtain, receive

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Example Sentences:
'These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation'
'His movie received a good review'
'I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Incur

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verb -curs, -curring or -curred (transitive)
1. 
to make oneself subject to (something undesirable); bring upon oneself
2. 
to run into or encounter

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Incur

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verb transitiveWord forms: inˈcurred or inˈcurring
1. 
to come into or acquire (something undesirable)
to incur a debt
2. 
to become subject to through one's own action; bring upon oneself
to incur someone's wrath

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Incur

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tr.v. in·curred, in·cur·ring, in·curs
1. To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain: incurred substantial losses during the stock market crash.
2. To become liable or subject to as a result of one's actions; bring upon oneself: incur the anger of a friend.

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