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noun
Idiom1.
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
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something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery.
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an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day.
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the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends.
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EXPANDdeath, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent.
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the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document.
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a losing by defeat; failure to win: the loss of a bet.
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failure to make good use of something, as time; waste.
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failure to preserve or maintain: loss of engine speed at high altitudes.
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destruction or ruin: the loss of a ship by fire.
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a thing or a number of related things that are lost or destroyed to some extent: Most buildings in the burned district were a total loss.
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Insurance. occurrence of an event, as death or damage of property, for which the insurer makes indemnity under the terms of a policy.
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COLLAPSEElectricity. a measure of the power lost in a system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities.
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at a loss,
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at less than cost; at a financial loss.
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in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty; puzzled; perplexed: We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem.
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is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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loss
O.E. los "loss, destruction," from P.Gmc. *lausam- (see lose). The modern word, however, probably evolved 14c. from lost, the original pp. of lose. Phrase at a loss (1592) originally refers to hounds losing the scent. To cut one's losses is from 1912.
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