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
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Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
loss (genitive lossi, partitive lossi)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Like Danish los and Norwegian loss, from Low German or Dutch los, from Middle Low German respectively Middle Dutch los, sidoform of Low German lōs respectively Dutch loos, cognate with Swedish lös.
Adjective[edit]
loss
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