| NOUN | possession | loss | something that is lost |
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| process | loss | gradual decline in amount or activity | |
| act | loss | the act of losing someone or something | |
| attribute | loss, deprivation | the disadvantage that results from losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing something | |
| event | loss | the experience of losing a loved one | |
| possession | loss, red ink, red | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | |
| event | loss, personnel casualty | military personnel lost by death or capture | |
| event | loss, passing, departure, exit, expiration, going, release | euphemistic expressions for death |
| Sounds | lao's | |
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| Rhymes | across ... toss: 21 rhymes with aos... | |
| Meaning | Something that is lost. | |
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| Narrower | financial loss | Loss of money or decrease in financial value |
| forfeit, forfeiture | Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty | |
| sacrifice | A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | |
| wastage | Anything lost by wear or waste | |
| Broader | transferred property, transferred possession | A possession whose ownership changes or lapses |
| Spanish | pérdida | |
| Catalan | pèrdua | |
| Meaning | gradual decline in amount or activity. | |
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| Narrower | epilation | Loss of hair |
| reducing | Loss of excess weight (as by dieting) | |
| Broader | decline, diminution | change toward something smaller or lower |
| Spanish | pérdida | |
| Catalan | pèrdua | |
| Adjectives | lossy | characterized by or causing dissipation of energy |
| Meaning | The act of losing someone or something. | |
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| Example | "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" | |
| Narrower | capitulation, fall, surrender | The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) |
| default | Loss due to not showing up | |
| Broader | failure | An act that fails |
| Spanish | derrota, fracaso, pérdida, quebranto | |
| Catalan | pèrdua | |
| Meaning | The disadvantage that results from losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing / losing something. | |
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| Example | "his loss of credibility led to his resignation" | |
| Synonym | deprivation | |
| Broader | disadvantage | The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position |
| Spanish | pérdida, privación | |
| Catalan | pèrdua, privació | |
| Meaning | The experience of losing a loved one. | |
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| Example | "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather" | |
| Broader | experience | An event as apprehended |
| Spanish | pérdida | |
| Catalan | pèrdua | |
| Meaning | The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. | |
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| Example | "the company operated at a loss last year" | |
| Synonyms | red ink, red | |
| Narrower | paper loss | An unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
| squeeze | A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer | |
| Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
| Opposite | gain | The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating |
| Spanish | déficit, en rojo, números rojos, pérdida, pérdidas | |
| Meaning | military personnel lost by death or capture. | |
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| Synonym | personnel casualty | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | sacrifice | personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) |
| wound, injury, combat injury | A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | |
| Broader | casualty | A decrease of military personnel or equipment |
| Spanish | baja de personal, pérdida | |
| Meaning | euphemistic expressions for death. | |
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| Synonyms | passing, departure, exit, expiration, going, release | |
| Broader | death, decease, expiry | The event of dying or departure from life |
| Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | deceso, defunción, expiración, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, liberación, óbito, partida, pérdida, trance, tránsito | |
| Catalan | decés, defunció, expiració, òbit, pas, trànsit, traspàs | |
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