Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
- 2transitive verb
The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
- 5transitive verb
Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
- 6transitive verb
Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
- 7transitive verb
Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
- 8transitive 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.
- 9noun
the act of losing someone or something
"everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
- 10noun
the disadvantage that results from losing something
"his loss of credibility led to his resignation"
"losing him is no great deprivation"
Synonyms
- 11noun
the experience of losing a loved one
"he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
- 12noun
euphemistic expressions for death
"thousands mourned his passing"
- 13noun
military personnel lost by death or capture
- 14noun
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
- 15noun
something that is lost
"the car was a total loss"
"loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
- 16noun
gradual decline in amount or activity
"weight loss"
"a serious loss of business"
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