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    lose
    [lo͞oz]
    verb
    lose (verb) · loses (third person present) · lost (past tense) · lost (past participle) · losing (present participle)
    1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something):
      "I've lost my appetite" · "Linda was very upset about losing her job" · "the company may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals"
      • cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something):
        "you lost me my appointment at the university"
      • be deprived of (a close relative or friend) through their death or as a result of the breaking off of a relationship:
        "she lost her husband in the fire"
      • (of a pregnant woman) experience the miscarriage or death of (a baby) during childbirth:
        "am I going to lose the baby?"
      • (be lost)
        be destroyed or killed, especially through accident or as a result of military action:
        "a fishing disaster in which 19 local men were lost"
      • decrease in (body weight); undergo a reduction of (a specified amount of weight):
        "she couldn't eat and began to lose weight"
      • (of a watch or clock) become slow by (a specified amount of time):
        "this clock will neither gain nor lose a second"
    2. become unable to find (something or someone):
      "I've lost the car keys"
      • cease or become unable to follow (the right route):
        "the clouds came down and we lost the path"
      • evade or shake off (a pursuer):
        "he came after me waving his revolver, but I easily lost him"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        informal
        get rid of (an undesirable person or thing):
        "lose that creep!"
      • informal
        cause (someone) to be unable to follow an argument or explanation:
        "sorry, Tim, you've lost me there"
    3. fail to win (a game or contest):
      "they lost by one vote" · "the Bears lost the final game of the series"
      • cause (someone) to fail to win (a game or contest):
        "that shot lost him the championship"
    4. earn less (money) than one is spending or has spent:
      "the paper is losing $500,000 a month" · "he lost heavily on box-office flops"
    5. waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity):
      "they lost every chance to score in the first inning" · "he lost no time in attacking his opponent's tax proposals"
    Origin
    Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’.
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    verb
    1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something):
      be deprived of
      suffer the loss of
      no longer have
      stop having
      Opposite:
      regain
    2. become unable to find (something or someone):
      mislay
      misplace
      drop
      forget
      overlook
      lose track of
      leave (behind)
      be unable to find
      fail to keep/retain
      fail to keep sight of
      Opposite:
      find
    3. fail to win (a game or contest):
      come off second-best
      lose out
      fail
      come to grief
      come a cropper
      go down
      be defeated
      be beaten
      suffer defeat
      be the loser
      be conquered
      be vanquished
      be trounced
      be worsted
      be bested by
      get/have the worst
      meet one's Waterloo
      take a licking
    4. waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity):
      neglect
      waste
      squander
      miss
      forfeit
      give up
      ignore
      disregard
      pass up
      fail to grasp
      fail to take
      fail to take advantage of
      let pass
      lose out on
     
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  1. The meaning of LOSE is to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place. How to use lose in a sentence.

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    Definition of lose verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] lose something/somebody to be unable to find something/somebody synonym mislay I've lost my keys. The tickets seem to have got lost. She lost her husband in the crowd.

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    lose /luz/ v., lost /lɔst, lɑst/ los•ing. v. to come to be without, as through accident:[~ + object] They lost all their belongings in the storm. to fail to keep, as by accident, usually temporarily:[~ + object] I just lost a dime under this sofa.

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    Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb lose, which means to miss, part with, or fail to keep something or someone. See also related phrases and articles about lose.

     
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