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    loss
    /lɒs/

    noun

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  2. Learn the meaning of loss in different contexts, such as business, finance, insurance, and personal situations. Find out how to use loss in sentences and idioms with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. Learn the various meanings and uses of the word loss, from destruction and harm to failure and decrease. See synonyms, examples, phrases, and word history of loss.

  4. Loss definition: detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get. See examples of LOSS used in a sentence.

  5. 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.

  6. [singular] the disadvantage that is caused when somebody leaves, or when a useful or valuable object is taken away; a person who causes a disadvantage by leaving. a loss to somebody/something Her departure is a big loss to the school.

  7. Loss is the act or an instance of losing something or someone, or the disadvantage or deprivation resulting from losing. Find different meanings, synonyms, and usage of loss in various contexts, such as business, military, insurance, and electricity.

  8. Learn the meaning of loss as a noun in English, with different types and contexts. Find out how to use loss in sentences and expressions, and see translations in other languages.