ADJ
- appreciable, dramatic, great, major, serious, significant, substantial, tremendous
- The ship sank with great loss of life. She suffered a significant loss of hearing after the operation
- slight
- total
- temporary
- permanent
- sad
- His death is a sad loss to all who knew him
- blood, hair, hearing, weight
- Weight loss can be a sign of a serious illness
- job
- The company is expected to announce 200 job losses
VERB + LOSS
- mourn
- China mourned the loss of a great leader
PREP
- ~ of
- loss of appetite loss of confidence
PHRASES
- no great loss
- She wouldn't be able to attend the lecture, which was no great loss
- a sense of loss
- She was filled with an overwhelming sense of loss
ADJ
- heavy, huge, massive
- slight, small
- net
- pre-tax
- overall, total
- economic, financial
- trading
VERB + LOSS
- incur, make, suffer, sustain
- There's no way you can make a loss on this deal. The business sustained losses of £20 million
- cut, minimize
- He decided to cut his losses and sell the shares before they sank further
- recoup, recover
- It took the firm five years to recoup its losses
- offset
- We can offset the loss against next year's budget
- underwrite
- No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss
PREP
- at a ~
- The bookshop was operating at a loss
- ~ on
- We made a net loss on the transaction
ADJ
- big, great, heavy, severe
- The enemy suffered heavy losses
VERB + LOSS
- suffer, sustain, take
- inflict
- Fighter planes inflicted heavy losses on the enemy