loss
- noun
- /lɔs/
- And it's it's a huge, huge loss to to see him gone.
- grief and loss
- mourn the loss
- a sense of loss
And it's it's a huge, huge loss to to see him gone.
- And it's it's a huge, huge loss to to see him gone.
- He feels grief for the loss of of Jeanette, for her death.
- We often reserve the term grief for the loss associated with death.
- And it makes them feel better about the loss, the death, right.
- It talks about grief and the loss and the love of mothers.
Examples
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- I am so sorry for your loss.
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Every single one is a tragic loss to families and to friends.
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So, yeah, was that your first loss that really hit you?
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People who have had deep loss can be hard to reach.
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And it makes them feel better about the loss, the death, right.
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But then he also talks about a great loss that he experienced.
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It's just a deep and profound loss for, for all of us.
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We often reserve the term grief for the loss associated with death.
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Well, unfortunately, the family has suffered a tremendous loss.
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I was heartbroken when I received the news of your grandmother's loss.
Synonyms
The end of a living thing's life
The act of dying used in a gentle way
A period of deep sadness after someone close dies
Someone close to you dying, like a family member or friend
Idioms
Compounds
A situation when a person no longer has a job because of company problems or a weak economy
- Specialized
A short time when a person is not aware of what is around them and does not respond
A report that shows how much money a company made and spent during a period
- Specialized
The part of customer payments for insurance paid out as claims in a period
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A loss when you sell something like a house or stock for less than you paid
- Literature
Strong happy feelings for someone and the sadness that comes when they leave
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A fall in an investment's value that is only on paper because you have not sold it
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Hearing loss from damage to the inner ear or the nerve that sends sound to the brain
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An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss
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Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss
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When a computer system or program forgets what it learned after training on new data
A report made at the end of a business year that shows its profit or loss
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loss comes from an old English word los meaning 'destruction' and shares the same root as the verb lose, so the loss of someone is being deprived of them after death and is why the word is used for grief and mourning.