loss

Plural

losses

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

   • People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to avoid a loss.
   • In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.

2. 2.The destruction or ruin of an object.

3. 3.Something that has been destroyed or ruined.

   • It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.

4. 4.Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

   • The match ended in their first loss of the season.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.Alternative spelling of lost.(colloquial)

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