Definitions for LOSS
lɔs, lɒsloss

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 16 votes

1. lossnoun

   something that is lost

   "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"

2. lossnoun

   gradual decline in amount or activity

   "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"

3. lossnoun

   the act of losing someone or something

   "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"

4. loss, deprivationnoun

   the disadvantage that results from losing something

   "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"

5. lossnoun

   the experience of losing a loved one

   "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"

6. loss, red ink, rednoun

   the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

   "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"

7. personnel casualty, lossnoun

   military personnel lost by death or capture

8. passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, releasenoun

   euphemistic expressions for death

   "thousands mourned his passing"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lossnoun

   an instance of losing, such as a defeat

   The match ended in their first loss of the season.

2. lossnoun

   something that is lost

   It was written off as a loss.

3. lossnoun

   the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone

   We mourn his loss.

4. lossnoun

   casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict

   The battle was won, but losses were great.

5. lossnoun

   the sum an entity loses on balance

   The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.

6. lossnoun

   destruction, ruin

   It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses

7. lossnoun

   electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work

   The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid

8. Etymology: Old English has los "loss, destruction," from a Proto-Germanic root *lausam- (see lose), but the modern word probably evolved in the 14th century from lost, the original past participle of lose, itself from losian "be lost, perish," from los "destruction, loss", from a Proto-Germanic root *lausa (compare O.N. los "the breaking up of an army"), from Proto-Indo-Eeuopean base *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart, untie, separate"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lossnoun

   Etymology: from lose.

   1. Forfeiture; the contrary to gain.

   The only gain he purchased was to be capable of loss and detriment for the good of others. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   An evil natured son is the dishonour of his father that begat him; and a foolish daughter is born to his loss. Ecclus.

   The abatement of price of any of the landholder’s commodities, lessens his income, and is a clear loss. John Locke.

   2. Miss.

   If he were dead, what would betide of me?
   —— No other harm but loss of such a lord.
   —— The loss of such a lord includes all harms. William Shakespeare.

   3. Deprivation.4. Destruction.

   Her fellow ships from far her loss descry’d;
   But only she was sunk, and all were safe beside. Dryden.

   There succeeded an absolute victory for the English, with the slaughter of above two thousand of the enemy, with the loss but of one man, though not a few hurt. Francis Bacon.

   5. Fault; puzzle.

   Not the least transaction of sense and motion in man, but philosophers are at a loss to comprehend. Robert South, Serm.

   Reason is always striving, and always at a loss, while it is exercised about that which is not its proper object. Dryden.

   A man may sometimes be at a loss which side to close with. Thomas Baker, Refl. on Learning.

   6. Useless application.

   It would be loss of time to explain any farther our superiority to the enemy in numbers of men and horse. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loss

   The League of Secessionist States (LoSS; LOSS) is a dormant, Internet-based intermicronational organisation that exists "to promote intermicronational communication and partnership, and serves to act as a supramicronational, impartial Body where such a need for one may exist." Initially established on 26 November 1980 by Robert B. Madison, self-proclaimed king of the Kingdom of Talossa, it was reestablished in April 1996 during a "micronational boom" on the Internet. It was the principal intermicronational organisation on the Internet between 1997 and at least 2000.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lossverb

   the act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation

2. Lossverb

   the state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing

3. Lossverb

   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

4. Lossverb

   the state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel

5. Lossverb

   failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle

6. Lossverb

   failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time

7. Lossverb

   killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property

8. Lossverb

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Löss

   See Loess.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loss

   Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which something is losing. Emphatic forms include moby loss, and total loss, complete loss. Common interjections are “What a loss!” and “What a moby loss!” Note that moby loss is OK even though **moby loser is not used; applied to an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has positive connotations. Compare lossage.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loss

   Total loss is the insurance recovered under peril, according to the invoice price of the goods when embarked, together with the premium of insurance. Partial loss upon either ship or goods, is that proportion of the prime cost which is equal to the diminution in value occasioned by the damage. (See INSURANCE.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loss

   Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lossnoun

   The condition of someone who or something which has suffered a loss.

   With her second child now deceased, she is tragically double-loss.

   
   

   Submitted by mjmartguy on June 23, 2019  

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1. LOSS

   What does LOSS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LOSS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Loss

   Loss vs. Lose -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Loss and Lose.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOSS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loss is ranked #21960 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Loss surname appeared 1,182 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Loss.
   
   93.4% or 1,105 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 18 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 12 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Casualty
   • Death
   • Decline
   • Disadvantage
   • Experience
   • Failure
   • Military
   • Transferred Property

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'LOSS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #821

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'LOSS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2054

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'LOSS' in Nouns Frequency: #258

Anagrams for LOSS »

1. sols

2. Sols

How to pronounce LOSS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say LOSS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of LOSS in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of LOSS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of LOSS in a Sentence

1. Ken Hellevang:

   The longer we stay in this weather pattern ... the more loss will occur out in the fields.

2. Deb Haaland:

   I know that this process will be long and difficult. I know that this process will be painful. It won't undo the heartbreak and loss we feel. But only by acknowledging the past can we work toward a future that we're all proud to embrace.

3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss.

4. Gerardo Ceballos:

   People think nothing bad will come from species loss, because scientists can't predict exactly how many need to go extinct before the world collapses, the problem is that our environment is like a brick wall. It will hold if you pull individual bricks, but eventually it takes just one to make it suddenly fall apart.

5. Mike Benton:

   It became clear that there were two main factors, first that overall climates were becoming cooler, and this made life harder for the dinosaurs which likely relied on warm temperatures, then, the loss of herbivores made the ecosystems unstable and prone to [an] extinction cascade. We also found that the longer-lived dinosaur species were more liable to extinction, perhaps reflecting that they could not adapt to the new conditions on Earth.

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