pre-loss

loss

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Definitions of pre-loss word

noun pre-loss detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. 1
noun pre-loss something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. 1
noun pre-loss an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day. 1
noun pre-loss the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends. 1
noun pre-loss death, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent. 1
noun pre-loss the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document. 1

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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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".