Loss

/lɒs/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
2. (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
3. (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
4. (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
5. (countable) The death of a person or animal.
6. (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
7. (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
8. (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

Example Sentences

loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.

People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to to avoid a loss.

In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.

It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.

The match ended in their first loss of the season.

We mourn his loss.

The battle was won, but losses were great.

Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.

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