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NOUN | 1 | loss | The act of losing |
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2 | loss | Something that is lost | |
3 | loss, red ink, red | The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | |
4 | loss | Gradual decline in amount or activity | |
5 | loss, deprivation | The disadvantage that results from losing something | |
6 | loss, personnel casualty | Military personnel lost by death or capture | |
7 | loss | The experience of losing a loved one | |
8 | loss, passing, departure, exit, expiration, going, release | Euphemistic expressions for death |
Sounds | lao's |
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Rhymes | across, applesauce, boss, and 18 more rhymes in aos at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of losing. |
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Examples | "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
Narrower | capitulation, fall, surrender |
Broader | failure |
Meaning | Something that is lost. |
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Examples | "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt" |
Narrower | forfeit, forfeiture; financial loss; sacrifice; wastage |
Broader | transferred property, transferred possession |
Meaning | The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. |
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Examples | "the company operated at a loss last year" |
Synonyms | red ink, red |
Narrower | paper loss; squeeze |
Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money |
Contrary | gain |
Meaning | Gradual decline in amount or activity. |
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Examples | "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business" |
Narrower | epilation; reducing |
Broader | decline, diminution |
Meaning | The disadvantage that results from losing something. |
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Examples | "his loss of credibility led to his resignation" |
Synonyms | deprivation |
Broader | disadvantage |
Meaning | Military personnel lost by death or capture. |
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Synonyms | personnel casualty |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Narrower | wound, injury, combat injury; sacrifice |
Broader | casualty |
Meaning | The experience of losing a loved one. |
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Examples | "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather" |
Broader | experience |
Meaning | Euphemistic expressions for death. |
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Synonyms | passing, departure, exit, expiration, going, release |
Broader | death, decease |