loss
IPA: ɫˈɔs
noun
- (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
- (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
- (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
- (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
- (countable) The death of a person or animal.
- (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
- (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
- (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
verb
- (colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost
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Examples of "loss" in Sentences
- It reduces the frictional losses.
- I felt a condolence to their loss.
- Where is the loss or the inefficiency
- In the end, the gains outweigh the losses.
- Despair or hopelessness is the loss of hope.
- It causes drowsiness or loss of consciousness.
- The leaves of cactus developed into thorns to reduce the loss of water.
- Furthermore, the loss of the episode pages means the loss of information.
- Inbreeding depression is the loss of fitness due to loss of genetic diversity.
- Periodontitis leads to loss of the bony attachment of the teeth and tooth loss.
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