loss
NOUN · English
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The corpus records 8 senses of loss. Each sense below has its own Add to list, so you choose the one you mean.
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. From a source of medium confidence.
countable
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- loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to avoid a loss. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The destruction or ruin of an object. From a source of medium confidence.
uncountable
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No example is recorded for this sense.
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Definition: Something that has been destroyed or ruined. From a source of medium confidence.
countable
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- It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: Defeat; an instance of being defeated. From a source of medium confidence.
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- The match ended in their first loss of the season. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The death of a person or animal. From a source of medium confidence.
countable
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- We mourn his loss. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- The battle was won, but losses were great. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. From a source of medium confidence.
uncountable
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- Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The sum an entity loses on balance. From a source of medium confidence.
countable
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- The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · uncountable
No translation has been attempted for this sense.
- The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
No paradigm has been compiled for this word yet.
Etymology: From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose”). Cognate with Icelandic los (“dissolution, looseness, break-up”), Old English lor, forlor (“loss, ruin”), Middle High German verlor (“loss, ruin”). More at lose. From a source of medium confidence.
No related word is recorded for this word.