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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 |
adjective + (n.)loss
catastrophic,
conductive,
consecutive,
devastating,
embarrassing,
estimated,
excessive,
expected,
fetal,
financial,
first-quarter,
gradual,
heavy,
impending,
massive,
minimal,
net,
painful,
permanent,
potential,
profound,
progressive,
quarterly,
rapid,
resulting,
severe,
short-term,
straight,
substantial,
sudden,
temporary,
terrible,
total,
tragic,
tremendous,
unexpected
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verb + (n.)loss
absorb,
attribute,
avenge,
cause,
compensate,
cope,
entail,
estimate,
experience,
grieve,
inflict,
lament,
minimize,
mourn,
offset,
post,
prevent,
recoup,
recover,
regret,
result,
reverse,
risk,
stem,
suffer,
sustain,
tackle
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(n.)loss
+ verb
exceed, incur, mount, total
noun + (n.)loss
bone,
calcium,
casualty,
compensation,
conveyance,
crop,
damage,
dollar,
erosion,
fatigue,
fluid,
gain,
grief,
habitat,
hair,
hearing,
job,
memory,
moisture,
operating,
overtime,
ozone,
pain,
playoff,
pregnancy,
profit,
sadness,
soil,
sorrow,
suffering,
theft,
trauma,
vision,
weight,
win
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