LOSS
\lˈɒs], \lˈɒs], \l_ˈɒ_s]\
Definitions of LOSS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
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the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
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military personnel lost by death or capture
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something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
By Princeton University
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the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
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the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
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military personnel lost by death or capture
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something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
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The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
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The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
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Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
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Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
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Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
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Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.
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That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; - opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
By Oddity Software
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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
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The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
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The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
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Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
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Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
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Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
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Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.
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That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; - opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
By Noah Webster.
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Privation; injury; ruin; the state of having no longer; failure to keep or obtain; as, loss of wealth; defeat; as, loss of a battle; that which one ceases to have, through accident or misfortune; excess of outgo over income in a business; waste.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Failure to keep; privation; deprivation; failure to win; damage; ruin; defeat; waste. To bear a loss, to make good; to sustain a loss without sinking under it. To be at a loss, to be puzzled; to be unable to determine.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Deprivation; destruction; injury; failure; waste; leakage; that which is lost; at a loss, puzzled; perplexed.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] Act of losing; privation; diminution or detriment;— harm; injury; damage;— ruin; destruction;— waste by escape; leakage;— useless expenditure, as of time, &c.;— defeat, as in battle; hence, the number of killed, wounded, and captured persons, or the amount of captured property.
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