Emotions / B1

LOS/lɒs/

Loss is no longer having something, or money spent more than earned: a loss of confidence; make a loss; job losses. Lose is the verb (spelling trap: loose is the opposite of tight). Defeat is for matches; damage is for harm to things. At a loss can mean losing money, or not knowing what to do. Lost is the adjective.

Meaning

The fact of no longer having something, or money spent more than earned.

Examples

• “The team’s loss surprised everyone.”
• “The company made a loss last year.”
• “She felt a real loss when her friend moved away.”

Good to know

make a loss. a loss of + noun. Verb: lose (not loose). at a loss = puzzled / losing money.

Near in meaning

defeat

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