loss
1. something that is lost (Freq. 16)
- the car was a total loss
- loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt
• Hypernyms:
transferred property, transferred possession
• Hyponyms:
forfeit, forfeiture, financial loss, sacrifice, wastage
2. gradual decline in amount or activity (Freq. 12)
- weight loss
- a serious loss of business
• Derivationally related forms:
lossy
• Hypernyms:
decline, diminution
• Hyponyms:
epilation, reducing
3. the act of losing someone or something (Freq. 6)
- everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
default, capitulation, fall, surrender
4. the disadvantage that results from losing something (Freq. 4)
- his loss of credibility led to his resignation
- losing him is no great deprivation
• Syn:
deprivation
• Hypernyms:
disadvantage
5. the experience of losing a loved one (Freq. 3)
- he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather
• Hypernyms:
experience
6. the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue (Freq. 2)
- the company operated at a loss last year
- the company operated in the red last year
• Syn:
red ink, red
• Ant:
gain
• Hypernyms:
sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
• Hyponyms:
paper loss, squeeze
7. military personnel lost by death or capture (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
personnel casualty
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
casualty
• Hyponyms:
wound, injury, combat injury, sacrifice
8. euphemistic expressions for death
- thousands mourned his passing
• Syn:
passing, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
• Derivationally related forms:
go (for: going), expire (for: expiration), exit (for: exit), depart (for: departure), pass (for: passing)
• Usage Domain:
euphemism
• Hypernyms:
death, decease, expiry
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