loss

«loss» in Mova's judaism dictionary: when you lose something or someone, or have less of it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a loss, losses; loss — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Loss is when you lose something or someone, or have less of it. tree →

2) A loss is when a team does not win a game. tree →

3) In money, a loss is when you spend more than you get back. tree →

4) A loss is the death of someone, and the sadness that comes with it. tree →

5) To be at a loss means you do not know what to do or say. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means damage or the cost of what was lost, which a keeper may have to pay for. Interpretation: The Torah's law of damages requires paying for lost time and for healing when someone hurts another. Tradition builds the whole system of compensation from these verses. In the primary lessons: In maths and money lessons a loss means you got less money back than you paid (profit is the opposite). In sport it is a defeat. In feelings lessons loss means grief. Phrases: «at a loss» (not knowing what to do), «weight loss», «hearing loss», «a loss of», «make a loss».

examples

• That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. (Torah GEN.31.39, JPS 1917) tree →
• if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. (Torah EXO.21.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Our team had a loss last weekend. tree →
• The shop made a loss this year. tree →
• The loss of her pet made her very sad. tree →
• Loud music can cause hearing loss. tree →
• I was at a loss for words. tree →
• We are sorry for your loss. tree →
• The storm caused a loss of power. tree →

note

Countable or uncountable. Double s. Trap: «loss» (noun) vs «lose» (verb) vs «loose» (not tight). Maths: loss = cost price − selling price (buy for £10, sell for £7: loss of £3).

In the corpora

• Dams on rivers, roads, new buildings and the loss of resting places along the way all make migration harder today.
• Bees have disappeared from some places because of pesticides (sprays that kill insects), illness and the loss of flowers.
• Sadly, more than a quarter of parrot kinds are threatened, mainly by forest loss and by people catching them as pets.
• Banks and companies use dry, technical words so that debt and job losses sound like ordinary paperwork.
• Ask what the plain word would be: a fee, a bug, a loss, a tax, a lie.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «loss» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.