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Grep of noun loss bugloss candyfloss capital loss conductive hearing loss dental floss financial loss floss gloss hearing loss lip-gloss loss loss leader loss of consciousness loss ratio losses memory loss pangloss profit-and-loss statement profit and loss profit and loss account semigloss sensorineural hearing loss stop-loss order viper's bugloss Overview of noun loss The noun loss has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (315) loss -- (the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock") 2. (276) loss -- (something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt") 3. (206) loss -- (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year") 4. (57) loss -- (gradual decline in amount or activity: "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business") 5. (20) loss deprivation -- (the disadvantage that results from losing something "his loss of credibility led to his resignation" or "losing him is no great deprivation") 6. (15) personnel casualty, loss -- (military personnel lost by death or capture) 7. (15) loss -- (the experience of losing a loved one "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather") 8. (8) passing, loss departure, exit expiration, going, release -- (euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing") Grep of adj loss at a loss Overview of noun loss The noun loss has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (315) loss -- (the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock") 2. (276) loss -- (something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt") 3. (206) loss -- (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year") 4. (57) loss -- (gradual decline in amount or activity: "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business") 5. (20) loss deprivation -- (the disadvantage that results from losing something "his loss of credibility led to his resignation" or "losing him is no great deprivation") 6. (15) personnel casualty, loss -- (military personnel lost by death or capture) 7. (15) loss -- (the experience of losing a loved one "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather") 8. (8) passing, loss departure, exit expiration, going, release -- (euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing")
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