loss
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
loss
- (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
- Antonyms: gain
- loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
- In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.
- (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
- (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
- It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
- (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
- Antonyms: win, victory
- The match ended in their first loss of the season.
- (countable) The death of a person or animal.
- We mourn his loss.
- The battle was won, but losses were great.
- (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
- Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.
- (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
- Antonyms: profit
- The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
- (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
- The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.
- Russian: поте́ря
- Russian: поте́ря
- French: défaite
- German: (in a game or war) Niederlage
- Russian: (in a game) про́игрыш
- Spanish: derrota
- German: Verlust
- Russian: поте́ря
- Russian: поте́ря
- (colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost
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