(~es)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before.
...~ of sight...
The ~ of income for the government is about $250 million a month.
...hair ~...
The job ~es will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.
N-VAR: usu with supp
2.
Loss of life occurs when people die.
...a terrible ~ of human life...
The allies suffered less than 20 casualties while enemy ~es were said to be high.
N-VAR: usu with supp
3.
The ~ of a relative or friend is their death.
They took the time to talk about the ~ of Thomas and how their grief was affecting them.
...the ~ of his mother.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp, usu the N of n
4.
If a business makes a ~, it earns less than it spends.
In 1986 Rover made a ~ of nine hundred million pounds...
The company said it will stop producing fertilizer in 1990 because of continued ~es.
...profit and ~.
? profit
N-VAR
5.
Loss is the feeling of sadness you experience when someone or something you like is taken away from you.
Talk to others about your feelings of ~ and grief...
N-UNCOUNT
6.
A ~ is the disadvantage you suffer when a valuable and useful person or thing leaves or is taken away.
She said his death was a great ~ to herself.
N-COUNT: usu sing
7.
The ~ of something such as heat, blood, or fluid is the gradual reduction of it or of its level in a system or in someone’s body.
...blood ~.
...weight ~.
...a rapid ~ of heat from the body.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
8.
If a business produces something at a ~, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it. (BUSINESS)
New fashion designs have to be sold off at a ~ if sales are poor.
? at a profit
PHRASE: PHR after v
9.
If you say that you are at a ~, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.
The government is at a ~ to know how to tackle the violence.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, usu PHR for n, PHR to-inf
10.
If you cut your ~es, you stop doing what you were doing in order to prevent the bad situation that you are in becoming worse.
Directors are right to cut their ~es, admit they chose the wrong man and make a change.
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
If you say that someone or something is a dead ~, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are completely useless or unsuccessful. (BRIT INFORMAL)
I’d had no experience of organizing anything of that sort. I think I was largely a dead ~.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR disapproval