loss

noun

(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

(uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.

(countable) The death of a person or animal.

(countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

(uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.

(countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.

(financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.

(engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

verb

(colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost.

Synonyms for loss

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