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The regiment suffered terrible losses. b. : the power diminution of a circuit (see circuit entry 1 sense 4a) or circuit element corresponding to conversion of electrical energy into heat by resistance (see resistance entry 1 sense 4a) 4. a. : failure to gain, win, obtain, or utilize. loss of income/revenue.
LOSS definition: 1. the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something: 2. a disadvantage caused…. Learn more.
Loss definition: detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get. See examples of LOSS used in a sentence.
Loss is the fact of no longer having something or of having less of it than before.
Synonyms for LOSS: absence, lack, misplacement, deprivation, mislaying, forfeiture, sacrifice, forfeit; Antonyms of LOSS: gain, acquisition, control, hands, possession, having, keeping, winner.
If you no longer have something, you experience a loss, like the loss of a favorite sock. When something lessens, or gets smaller, that's also a loss, as in weight loss. Loss has lots of opposites that help define what it means. It is the opposite of win, gain, found, or earn.
the fact of not having someone or something that you had before, or of having less of something than before: loss of income / memory. blood / hair / weight loss. job losses. Fewer examples. the closure of the factory and the loss of 400 jobs. He was recompensed for loss of earnings.
Definition of loss noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
loss. noun. /lɔs/. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the state of no longer having something or as much of something; the process that leads to this I want to report the loss of a package. loss of blood weight loss The closure of the factory will lead to a number of job losses.
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day. the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends.
