loss
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noun- 1.
(countable)The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to to avoid a loss.
In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.
Đồng nghĩa: expense
- 2.
(uncountable)The destruction or ruin of an object.
- 3.
(countable)Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
- 4.
(countable)Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
The match ended in their first loss of the season.
- 5.
(countable)The death of a person or animal.
We mourn his loss.
The battle was won, but losses were great.
- 6.
(uncountable)The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.
- 7.
(countable)(financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)(engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.
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verb- 1.
(alt of, alternative, colloquial)Alternative spelling of lost.
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ine-pro From Middle English los, from Old English los (damage, destruction, loss), from *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (dissolution, break-up, loss), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose).