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NOUN · English

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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.

  1. Definition: The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

    countable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    • 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.
  2. Definition: The destruction or ruin of an object.

    uncountable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    No example is recorded for this sense.

  3. Definition: Something that has been destroyed or ruined.

    countable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    • It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
  4. Definition: Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

    countable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    • The match ended in their first loss of the season. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
  5. Definition: The death of a person or animal.

    countable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    • We mourn his loss. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
    • The battle was won, but losses were great. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
  6. Definition: The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.

    uncountable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    • Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
  7. Definition: The sum an entity loses on balance.

    countable

    No translation has been attempted for this sense.

    • The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
  8. Definition: Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

    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.

No related word is recorded for this word.