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Word entry · 4 letters

loss

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"Opposite of profit"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /lɒs/Part of speech nounSorted lossStarts with LEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The act or fact of losing

Word origin

From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose”).

Used in a sentence

  • loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
  • People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to to avoid a loss.
  • In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.

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