потеря — meaning in English
poterya
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English meaning
- bereavement noun The experience of losing a close family member or friend to death, and the grief that follows.
- casualty noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- dissipation noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- 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.
Senses
потеря is used for these senses in English:
- bereavement The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
- casualty (military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
- dissipation (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
- loss (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
- loss (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
- loss (countable) The death of a person or animal.
- loss (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
- loss (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
casualty — full definition
- noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- noun A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
- noun Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
- noun A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).