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noun
- 1. the fact or process of losing something or someone: "avoiding loss of time" Similar Opposite
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LOSS definition: 1. the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something: 2. a disadvantage caused…. Learn more.
: the act or fact of being unable to keep or maintain something or someone. blood loss. hair loss. loss of a toe from frostbite. The accident was attributed to the drivers' loss of control. Success or failure in the playoffs can ride on one momentary loss of composure. Ric Bucher.
Loss definition: detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get. See examples of LOSS used in a sentence.
If you no longer have something, you experience a loss, like the loss of a favorite sock. When something lessens, or gets smaller, that's also a loss, as in weight loss. Loss has lots of opposites that help define what it means. It is the opposite of win, gain, found, or earn.
Definition of loss noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before. ...loss of sight. [ + of] The loss of income for the government is about $250 million a month. [ + of] ...hair loss. The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000. Synonyms: losing, waste, disappearance, deprivation More Synonyms of loss. 2. variable noun B2.
loss noun (DISADVANTAGE) a disadvantage caused by someone leaving an organization: It would be a great loss to the department if you left. be at a loss. to not know what to do or say: [ + to do sth ] I'm at a loss to explain his disappearance. a sense of loss. sadness because someone has died or left.
loss. noun. /lɔs/ [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the state of no longer having something or as much of something; the process that leads to this I want to report the loss of a package. loss of blood weight loss The closure of the factory will lead to a number of job losses.
n. 1. The act or an instance of losing: nine losses during the football season. 2. a. One that is lost: wrote their flooded house off as a loss. b. The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone: Her loss was made easier by the support of her friends. c. The amount of something lost: selling at a 50 percent loss. 3.
LOSS meaning: 1 : failure to keep or to continue to have something usually + of usually + of; 2 : the experience of having something taken from you or destroyed usually + of
