loss

loss is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
2. transitive verb. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
3. transitive verb. That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
4. transitive verb. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
5. transitive verb. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
6. transitive verb. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
7. transitive verb. Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
8. transitive verb. Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.
9. noun. the act of losing someone or something

   "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"

10. noun. the disadvantage that results from losing something

    "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"

    "losing him is no great deprivation"

    Synonyms: deprivation

11. noun. the experience of losing a loved one

    "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"

12. noun. euphemistic expressions for death

    "thousands mourned his passing"

    Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, passing, release

13. noun. military personnel lost by death or capture
14. noun. the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

    "the company operated at a loss last year"

    "the company operated in the red last year"

    Synonyms: red

15. noun. something that is lost

    "the car was a total loss"

    "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"

16. noun. gradual decline in amount or activity

    "weight loss"

    "a serious loss of business"

Synonyms

deprivation, departure, exit, expiration, going, passing, release, red

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in loss:

sols

Common word forms

losser, losses, lossful, lossless

Words from these letters

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