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- [laws, los]
- /lɔs, lɒs/
- /lɒs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [laws, los]
- /lɔs, lɒs/
Definitions of loss word
- noun loss detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. 1
- noun loss something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. 1
- noun loss an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day. 1
- noun loss the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends. 1
- noun loss death, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent. 1
- noun loss the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document. 1
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Origin of loss
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English los destruction; cognate with Old Norse los looseness, breaking up. See lose, loose
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Parts of speech for Loss
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
loss popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
loss usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for loss
noun loss
- debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
verb loss
- tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
Antonyms for loss
noun loss
- profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- good luck — good fortune
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
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