Meaning of loss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
   countable
2. The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement
3. The destruction or ruin of an object.
   uncountable
4. The destruction or ruin of an object
5. Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
   countable
6. Something that has been destroyed or ruined
7. Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
   countable
8. Defeat; an instance of being defeated
9. The death of a person or animal.
   countable
10. The death of a person or animal
11. The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
    uncountable
12. The sum an entity loses on balance.
    countable
13. Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.”

“In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.”

“It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.”

“The match ended in their first loss of the season.”

“We mourn his loss.”

“The battle was won, but losses were great.”

“Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.”

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

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

“All those tracts of löss which occur within the valleys proper come under the designation of valley-löss, while the term “hill-löss” is applied to those masses which are less closely connected with the valleys, and sometimes extend over plateaux and hilly ground between separate drainage-areas.”

“Among the mountains of middle Germany, and along the north border, there have been found two distinct deposits of löss separated by a weathered zone.”

“In northern China, the Löss Plateau dates back at least two million years and consists of alternating layers of löss and soil.”

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