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Incur Moderate

Incur has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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

"People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

2

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

"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"

3

to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to

"By skipping his daily medication, he incurred a severe infection that required hospitalization."

Example Sentences
"People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" verb
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" verb
"His movie received a good review" verb
"I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
subject change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
run take
Rhyming Words
cur scur occur recur excur concur corcur reoccur cooccur reincur re occur co occur intercur transcur nonconcur
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