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loss
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- pronunciation:
- laws
[or]
las
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a defeat or failure to win.
- synonyms:
- defeat, losing
- antonyms:
- win
- similar words:
- failure, licking, maiden
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definition 2: |
a failure to keep or maintain; diminishment.
the car's loss of power- synonyms:
- decline, failure
- similar words:
- detriment, diminishment, exhaustion, forfeiture
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definition 3: |
a reduction in size or amount.
a loss of ten pounds- synonyms:
- decrease, reduction
- antonyms:
- gain
- similar words:
- ablation, attrition, decline, decrement, diminishment, erosion, exhaustion, shrinkage
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definition 4: |
that which is lost; someone or something that cannot be found or is taken away.
- antonyms:
- gain, profit
- similar words:
- expense, forfeiture, losings, sacrifice, wastage, waste
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definition 5: |
the act of losing.
- synonyms:
- losing, misplacement
- antonyms:
- acquisition, recovery
- similar words:
- abolition, deprivation, destruction, dissipation, dissolution, exhaustion, extinction, forfeiture, privation, removal, waste
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definition 6: |
the harm or disadvantage caused by losing or having something taken away.
- synonyms:
- detriment
- antonyms:
- profit
- similar words:
- blow, damage, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, wastage
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related words: |
cost, decrease, expense, price, toll |
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