Loss - English meaning

noun

The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.

Usage examples:

Low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation

noun

An absence or too little of something important

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[ c ] there were food shortages and other deprivations during the war.

noun

A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.

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A permanent diminution in value

noun

An act of someone or something ceasing to be visible.

Usage examples:

The sun's disappearance at night

noun

A state or condition in which a person or thing cannot be seen or found

Usage examples:

The district attorney is looking into the disappearance of the money., her disappearance remains un…

noun

Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.

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A descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation

noun

The process of gradually disappearing

Usage examples:

He sees a growing dissipation of our cultural values., scientists say the dissipation of the el niñ…

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

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The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

noun

An instance of falling or dropping.

Usage examples:

They left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain

noun

The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

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The problem of soil erosion

noun

The weakening or damage done to something by a series of gradual losses of parts of it

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An erosion of academic standards, soil erosion

noun

The gradual reduction or destruction of something

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Erosion of sth investors may have seen some erosion of capital over the year., erosion in sth the e…

noun

The loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

Magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer

noun

The loss of rights, property, or money, especially because you have not obeyed a rule or law

Usage examples:

Forfeiture of sth i had been told that my client would face 40 years in prison and a forfeiture of …

verb

Fail to remember.

Usage examples:

He had forgotten his lines

verb

To be unable to remember; fail to remember

Usage examples:

[ t ] you’d better not forget your mother’s birthday., [ + (that) clause ] she forgot (that) she ha…

noun

The process of becoming poor; loss of wealth.

Usage examples:

Fifteen years of political instability resulted in widespread impoverishment and famine

noun

The condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor

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The drought reduced many farmers to impoverishment., progress has meant continued impoverishment an…

adjective

Suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest.

Usage examples:

The losing side

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Usage examples:

I've lost my appetite

Present participle of lose

verb

Unintentionally put (an object) where it cannot readily be found and so lose it temporarily.

Usage examples:

I seem to have mislaid my car keys

verb

To lose something temporarily by forgetting where you put it

Usage examples:

Could i borrow your pen? i seem to have mislaid mine.

verb

Fail to notice.

Usage examples:

He seems to have overlooked one important fact

noun

A commanding position or view.

Usage examples:

The overlook to the townsite

verb

Present participle of overlook

Usage examples:

Our hotel room overlooked the harbour., the house is surrounded by trees, so it's not overlooked at…

noun

A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.

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Years of rationing and privation

noun

A lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living

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Economic privation is pushing the poor towards crime., several villages suffered serious privations…

noun

The action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

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Talks on arms reduction

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

Present participle of squander

Usage examples:

They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun., ireland squandered …

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

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It's a waste of time trying to argue with him