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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of losing someone or something
Example:
everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loss"):
default (loss due to not showing up)
capitulation; fall; surrender (the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The disadvantage that results from losing something
Example:
losing him is no great deprivation
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The experience of losing a loved one
Example:
he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Euphemistic expressions for death
Example:
thousands mourned his passing
Synonyms:
departure; exit; expiration; going; loss; passing; release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
Domain usage:
euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Military personnel lost by death or capture
Synonyms:
loss; personnel casualty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
casualty (a decrease of military personnel or equipment)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loss"):
combat injury; injury; wound (a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat)
sacrifice (personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective))
Sense 6
Meaning:
The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
Example:
the company operated in the red last year
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money (a quantity of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loss"):
paper loss (an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost)
squeeze (a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer)
Antonym:
gain (the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Something that is lost
Example:
loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loss"):
forfeit; forfeiture (something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty)
financial loss (loss of money or decrease in financial value)
sacrifice (a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value)
wastage (anything lost by wear or waste)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Gradual decline in amount or activity
Example:
a serious loss of business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("loss" is a kind of...):
decline; diminution (change toward something smaller or lower)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loss"):
epilation (loss of hair; the result of removing hair)
reducing (loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer)
Derivation:
lossy (characterized by or causing dissipation of energy)
Context examples:
Settle your wig, Jo, and tell me if I shall telegraph to your mother, or do anything? asked Laurie, who never had been reconciled to the loss of his friend's one beauty.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The mission's final calculations predict loss of contact with the Cassini spacecraft will take place on Sept. 15 at 7:55 a.m. EDT (4:55 a.m. PDT).
(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)
Now her marriage would mean, of course, the loss of a hundred a year, so what does her stepfather do to prevent it?
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her loss of spirits was a yet greater alteration.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Surprisingly, the loss of woodlands tended to be greater in protected forest reserves than in the more populated Chobe District.
(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)
He had been engaged to Captain Harville's sister, and was now mourning her loss.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Any type of recombination occuring within somatic cells and involving possible exchange and frequent loss of segments of DNA by either homologous or nonhomologous recombination of broken DNA strands.
(Mitotic Recombination, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include organomegaly, mental retardation, abnormal skeletal development, heart disorders, hearing loss, and central nervous system deficiencies.
(Mucopolysaccharidosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Eventually, it can lead to tooth loss.
(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Scientists have found the live microorganisms that boost 'good bacteria' in the stomach can enhance weight loss.
(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
