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loss
noun /lɒs/
/lɑːs/ Definition
B2 [C or U] the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something: Many parents feel a sense of loss when their children leave home. He suffered a gradual loss of memory. There will be substantial job losses if the factory closes down. blood/hair/weight lossLosing and lossWinning and losing C2 [S] a disadvantage caused by someone leaving or by something being taken away: It would be a great loss to the department if you left.Advantage and disadvantage B2 [C or U] the death of a person: They never got over the loss of their son.Death and dying C1 [C] a situation in which a business spends more money than it earns: The company announced a pre-tax loss of three million pounds.AccountingProfits and losses loss of life › an occasion when a number of people die: The plane crashed with serious loss of life.Death and dying
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Synonyms and related words:
- astray adverb
- black hole noun
- desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND)
- disappear verb
- escape noun (GET FREE)
- forfeit noun
- get to phrasal verb
- haemorrhage noun
- haemorrhage verb
- kiss sth goodbye idiom
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- lose your way idiom
- lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
- mislay verb
- misplace verb
- say goodbye to sth idiom
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray adjective
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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