At a loss

Definition

loss / lɒs; US lↄ:s / n ၁။ [U,C usu sing ] ဆံုး႐ံႈးမႈ။ ပ်က္ျခင္း။ ကုန္ျခင္း။ လက္လြတ္ျခင္း။ ဆံုးပါးျခင္း။ loss of blood ေသြးလြန္ျခင္း။ loss of sleep / self-control / revenue ❍ without (any) loss of time ❍ experience a temporary loss of power ❍ The loss of this contract would be very serious. ❍ The famine caused widespread loss of life (ie many deaths). ❍ The loss (ie death) of his wife was a great blow to him. ၂။ [C] (က) ဆံုး႐ံႈးမႈ။ အေသ အေပ်ာက္။ announce 400 job losses ❍ The enemy suffered heavy losses (ie many men killed or much equipment destroyed). (ခ) အ႐ံႈး။ sell sth at a loss (ie for less than it cost) ❍ We made a loss on the deal. ❍ The company has announced heavy losses in the last year. ၃။ [sing] နစ္နာျခင္း။ ဆံုး႐ံႈးျခင္း။ Her departure is a great loss to the orchestra. See also DEAD LOSS ❏ at a loss [ IDM ] ဘာလုပ္ရ၊ ဘာေျပာရမွန္းမသိ ျဖစ္ေနသည္။ ေၾကာင္သြားသည္။ It left him at a complete loss (for words). ❍ I’m at a loss what to do next. ❏ cut one’s losses [ IDM ] အ႐ံႈးမမ်ားမီ ရပ္တန္းက ရပ္သည္။ ❏ loss-making adj အ႐ံႈးျပေနေသာ။ ႐ံႈးေနေသာ။ loss-making rural bus services.

Examples

1. It was an ancient car anyway
2. so it was no great loss.
3. Job losses
4. [loss of] : The loss of the Titanic
5. He suffered hearing loss following an illness.
6. [loss of] : The loss of his sight was a severe blow.
7. [loss of] : A loss of confidence
8. A new treatment for hair loss
9. [loss of] : Insurance that also covers loss of limbs or eyes
10. Tory losses are mounting up in the south-west.
11. Exercise and weight loss can help lower your blood pressure.
12. [loss of] : She was offered compensation for loss of earnings.
13. Company losses in excess of £25 million
14. The company reported heavy losses for last year.
15. [make a loss] : They made a net loss of £350 million.
16. [at a loss] : The company was sold at a loss of £2 million.
17. [make a loss (on something)] : We made a loss on the house sale.
18. Many sympathies on your sad loss.
19. [loss of] : Jean never recovered from the loss of her husband.
20. [mourn the loss of someone] : The hospital is mourning the loss of a pioneering surgeon.
21. [a sense of loss] : We all felt a tremendous sense of loss when Robin left.
22. The loss of 12 fully-trained doctors
23. [a great loss to] : If the school closes
24. it will be a great loss to the community.
25. [loss to] : Manchester United’s loss to Liverpool at Anfield last week