loss
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɔs/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /lɑs/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs
Noun[edit]
loss (countable and uncountable, plural losses)
- an instance of losing, such as a defeat
- The match ended in their first loss of the season.
- The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.
- Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite.
- the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone, particularly in death.
- We mourn his loss.
- (in the plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict
- The battle was won, but losses were great.
- (financial) the sum an entity loses on balance
- The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
- destruction, ruin
- It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses
- (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
Usage notes[edit]
- We often use make or take a loss. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
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Translations[edit]
instance of losing
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The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body
something lost
hurtful condition resulting from losing
casualties
financial: negative result on balance
engineering: power expended without doing useful work
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Etymology 2[edit]
Eye dialect spelling of lost, representing African American Vernacular English.
Verb[edit]
loss
- (colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost
Statistics[edit]
Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: plan · pain · official · #940: loss · spot · wonderful · shook
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
loss (genitive lossi, partitive lossi)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to lös
Adjective[edit]
loss
Adverb[edit]
loss
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