loss

English

/lɒs/, /lɔs/, /lɑs/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
  • (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
  • (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
  • (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
  • (countable) The death of a person or animal.
  • (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
  • (financial) The sum an entity loses on balance.
  • (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English los inherited from Old English los (destruction, loss, damage) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lusą (loss, dissolution, break-up) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (separate, cut, lose, sunder, loosen, loose, sever).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lews-

Gloss

separate, cut, lose, sunder, loosen, loose, sever

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