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loss

 
 
/lɒs/ noun

Translation

NOT HAVING [C, U] when you do not have someone or something that you had before, or when you have less of something than before
kayıp, zayiat
loss of income/memory blood/hair/weight loss job losses1989
MONEY [C, U] when a company spends more money than it earns
zarar, ziyan
Both companies suffered losses this year.51435
DISADVANTAGE [no plural] a disadvantage caused by someone leaving an organization
birinin yokluğundan dolayı kurum veya kuruluşun uğradığı zarar/kayıp
It would be a great loss to the department if you left.1762
be at a loss to not know what to do or say
ne yapacağını şaşırmak/bilmemek
[+ to do sth] I'm at a loss to explain his disappearance.1073
a sense of loss sadness because someone has died or left
birinin kayıbı veya vefatından dolayı duyulan derin üzüntü/keder
1989456
DEATH [C, U] the death of a person
vefat, ölüm, yokluk, kayıp
They never got over the loss of their son.1989456
(Definition of loss noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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