perte — meaning in English

English meaning

• doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
• loss noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
• toll noun A fee charged for using a road, bridge, or similar route.
• undoing noun The cause of someone's failure or ruin.

Senses

perte is used for these senses in English:

• doom An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
• loss (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
• toll Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• undoing Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.

doom — full definition

1. noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
2. verb To condemn someone or something to a certain, usually terrible, fate.

loss — full definition

1. noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
2. noun Defeat in a game, contest, or war.
3. noun The grief felt after someone close to you dies.
4. noun An amount of money spent or given up without a matching gain.

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