Search results
- Dictionaryloss/lɒs/
noun
- 1. the fact or process of losing something or someone: "avoiding loss of time" Similar Opposite
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
: the partial or complete deterioration or absence of a physical capability or function. a temporary loss of taste and smell. severe memory loss. loss of appetite. loss of consciousness.
LOSS definition: 1. the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something: 2. a disadvantage caused…. Learn more.
Loss definition: detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get. See examples of LOSS used in a sentence.
If you no longer have something, you experience a loss, like the loss of a favorite sock. When something lessens, or gets smaller, that's also a loss, as in weight loss. Loss has lots of opposites that help define what it means. It is the opposite of win, gain, found, or earn.
[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.
n. 1. The act or an instance of losing: nine losses during the football season. 2. a. One that is lost: wrote their flooded house off as a loss. b. The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone: Her loss was made easier by the support of her friends. c. The amount of something lost: selling at a 50 percent loss. 3.
a disadvantage caused by someone leaving an organization: It would be a great loss to the department if you left. be at a loss. to not know what to do or say: [ + to do sth ] I'm at a loss to explain his disappearance. a sense of loss. sadness because someone has died or left.
