Noun: loss
| Singular | loss |
| Plural | losses |
Sample Sentences
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loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
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People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to avoid a loss.
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In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.
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It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
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The match ended in their first loss of the season.
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We mourn his loss.
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The battle was won, but losses were great.
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Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.
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The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
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The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.
Nouns inflected like loss
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose”).
2. Cognate with Icelandic los (“dissolution, looseness, break-up”), Old English lor, forlor (“loss, ruin”), Middle High German verlor (“loss, ruin”). More at lose. See: Middle English Nouns '
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