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loss

loss

795 2.6
The death of someone close to you
  • noun
  • /lɔs/
translation icon : pérdida
  • 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.

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Examples

  • - I am so sorry for your loss.

  • Every single one is a tragic loss to families and to friends.

  • So, yeah, was that your first loss that really hit you?

  • People who have had deep loss can be hard to reach.

  • And it makes them feel better about the loss, the death, right.

  • But then he also talks about a great loss that he experienced.

  • It's just a deep and profound loss for, for all of us.

  • We often reserve the term grief for the loss associated with death.

  • Well, unfortunately, the family has suffered a tremendous loss.

  • I was heartbroken when I received the news of your grandmother's loss.

Synonyms

death
vsloss
1.0

The end of a living thing's life

is used for the personal experience when someone close is no longer alive
passing
vsloss
  • Formal
77 5.0

The act of dying used in a gentle way

is the general personal experience rather than a polite wording
bereavement
vsloss
11 7.0

A period of deep sadness after someone close dies

is the event or label for the situation rather than the ongoing grief
10 4.1

Someone close to you dying, like a family member or friend

is used more broadly for that experience or the event of life ending

Idioms

28 4.2

Not knowing what to do or say

7 4.3

Selling something for less than you paid for it

Not able to think of any ideas

Compounds

loss of life
  • Literature
45 3.5

Deaths of people caused by accidents, disasters, or violence

40 3.4

A problem when a person cannot remember information or past experiences

30 2.6

A situation when a person no longer has a job because of company problems or a weak economy

13 2.7

A condition in which you cannot hear well in one or both ears

A situation where a person or business has less money than before

loss of consciousness
  • Specialized
6 5.3

A short time when a person is not aware of what is around them and does not respond

loss leader
  • Specialized
3 4.3

An item sold below cost to attract customers who buy other things

3 3.4

A record that shows a company's income, costs, and net profit or loss

A report that shows how much money a company made and spent during a period

loss ratio
  • Specialized
1 7.0

The part of customer payments for insurance paid out as claims in a period

capital loss
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A loss when you sell something like a house or stock for less than you paid

love and loss
  • Literature
1 4.4

Strong happy feelings for someone and the sadness that comes when they leave

paper loss
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A fall in an investment's value that is only on paper because you have not sold it

1 5.3

Hearing loss from damage to the inner ear or the nerve that sends sound to the brain

stop-loss order
  • Specialized
1 5.8

An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss

4.1

Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss

memory loss
  • Specialized
4.4

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

devastation
13 5.8
loss
795 2.6
grief
443 2.1
sorrow
243 2.1
sadness
229 1.0

Surface Forms

loss singular
losses plural

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.