loss

  • (noun): The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
  • (noun): The destruction or ruin of an object.
  • (noun): Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
  • (noun): Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
  • (noun): The death of a person or animal.
  • (noun): The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
  • (noun): (financial) The sum an entity loses on balance.
  • (noun): Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
  • 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.
  • The battle was won, but losses were great.
  • Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.