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UK
/lˈɒs/
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[ US /ˈɫɔs/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɔs/ ]
NOUN
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gradual decline in amount or activity
weight loss
a serious loss of business -
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
the company operated at a loss last year
the company operated in the red last year -
euphemistic expressions for death
thousands mourned his passing -
the act of losing someone or something
everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock - military personnel lost by death or capture
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the disadvantage that results from losing something
losing him is no great deprivation
his loss of credibility led to his resignation -
the experience of losing a loved one
he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather -
something that is lost
loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt
the car was a total loss
How To Use loss In A Sentence
- If you wonder about ‘furphy’, as I did, here's a gloss and explanation.
- ‘Break, break, break,’ for instance, is a bitter poem on unrecompensed, pointless loss, but it achieves its power and makes its point very indirectly, largely through structural implications.
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss. Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog
- He admitted killing her but denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and loss of control. Times, Sunday Times
- Many of the wrecks around our coasts are either mine or torpedo victims, and either way there is a colossal bang, the ship gets a big chunk blown out of it and the rest lands in a heap nearby.
- She pulled the black scrunchie out of her long glossy red-gold hair, the silky strands having been confined in a simple low, sleek ponytail.
- Hundreds of the aircraft are on order, but loss of the Northwest batch is a serious setback.
- Why such a paper has never been given to the world, I am much at a loss to saybut, perhaps, the autorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. The Philosophy of Composition
- Do they have to change their diet, is there a dietary intervention as well to get that sort of weight loss, or do they just continue as before?