lose

to experience loss: lose your keys; lose money
Not to be confused with:loose – not tight or bound: loose clothing

lose

L0254600 (lo͞oz)v. lost (lôst, lŏst), los·ing, los·es v.tr.1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.2. a. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.b. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.c. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.3. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.4. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.5. To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a chance to improve your position.6. To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.7. a. To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.b. To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.8. To rid oneself of: lost five pounds.9. To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle occupations.10. To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's way.11. a. To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers.b. To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost them.12. To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.13. To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.14. To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive: Both planes were lost in the crash.15. To cause to be damned.v.intr.1. To suffer loss: investors who lost heavily on the firm's stock.2. To be defeated: Our team lost in overtime.3. To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.Phrasal Verb: lose out To fail to achieve or receive an expected gain.Idioms: lose it Slang 1. To become very angry or emotionally upset.2. To become deranged or mentally disturbed.3. To become less capable or proficient; decline: He can still play tennis well. He hasn't lost it yet. lose out on To miss (an opportunity, for example). lose time1. To operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.2. To delay advancement.

[Middle English losen, from Old English losian, to perish, from los, loss; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

lose

(luːz) vb (mainly tr) , loses, losing or lost1. to part with or come to be without, as through theft, accident, negligence, etc2. to fail to keep or maintain: to lose one's balance. 3. to suffer the loss or deprivation of: to lose a parent. 4. to cease to have or possess5. to fail to get or make use of: to lose a chance. 6. (also intr) to fail to gain or win (a contest, game, etc): to lose the match. 7. to fail to see, hear, perceive, or understand: I lost the gist of his speech. 8. to waste: to lose money gambling. 9. to wander from so as to be unable to find: to lose one's way. 10. to cause the loss of: his delay lost him the battle. 11. to allow to go astray or out of sight: we lost him in the crowd. 12. (usually passive) to absorb or engross: he was lost in contemplation. 13. (usually passive) to cause the death or destruction of: two men were lost in the attack. 14. to outdistance or elude: he soon lost his pursuers. 15. (intr) to decrease or depreciate in value or effectiveness: poetry always loses in translation. 16. (also intr) (of a timepiece) to run slow (by a specified amount): the clock loses ten minutes every day. 17. (Pathology) (of a physician) to fail to sustain the life of (a patient)18. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) (of a woman) to fail to give birth to (a viable baby), esp as the result of a miscarriage19. (Motor Racing) motor racing slang to lose control of (the car), as on a bend: he lost it going into Woodcote. 20. lose it slang to lose control of oneself or one's temper[Old English losian to perish; related to Old English -lēosan as in forlēosan to forfeit. Compare loose] ˈlosable adj ˈlosableness n

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v. lost, los•ing. v.t. 1. to come to be without, as through accident: They lost all their belongings in the storm. 2. to fail inadvertently to retain, usu. temporarily: I just lost a dime under this sofa. 3. to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job. 4. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a sister. 5. to fail to preserve or maintain: to lose one's balance. 6. (of a timepiece) to run slower by: The watch loses three minutes a day. 7. to forfeit the possession of: to lose a fortune by gambling. 8. to get rid of: to lose weight. 9. to bring to destruction: Ship and crew were lost. 10. to damn: to lose one's soul. 11. to have slip from sight or awareness: We lost him in the crowd. 12. to stray from: to lose one's way. 13. to leave far behind: She managed to lose the other runners. 14. to use to no purpose; waste: to lose time in waiting. 15. to fail to gain or win: to lose a bargain; to lose a bet. 16. to be defeated in: They lost four games in five. 17. to cause the loss of: The delay lost the battle for them. 18. to let go astray: We lost ourselves in the woods. 19. to allow (oneself) to become engrossed in something: I had lost myself in thought. 20. (of a physician) to fail to preserve the life of (a patient). 21. (of a woman) to fail to be delivered of (a live baby). v.i. 22. to suffer loss: to lose on a contract. 23. to suffer defeat. 24. to depreciate in effectiveness: a classic that loses in translation. 25. (of a timepiece) to run slow. 26. lose out, to suffer defeat or loss. Idioms: lose it, to fail to maintain composure or control. [before 900; Middle English; Old English losian to perish, c. Old Saxon lōsian to become free, Old Norse losa to loosen. compare loss]

loose

lose1. 'loose'

Loose /luːs/ is an adjective. It means 'not firmly fixed', or 'not tight'.

The handle is loose.Mary wore loose clothes.2. 'lose'

Lose /luːz/ is a verb. If you lose something, you no longer have it, or you cannot find it.

I don't want to lose my job.If you lose your credit card, let the company know immediately.

The other forms of lose are loses, losing, lost.

They were willing to risk losing their jobs.He had lost his passport.

lose

Past participle: lost
Gerund: losing

Imperative
lose
lose

Present
I lose
you lose
he/she/it loses
we lose
you lose
they lose

Preterite
I lost
you lost
he/she/it lost
we lost
you lost
they lost

Present Continuous
I am losing
you are losing
he/she/it is losing
we are losing
you are losing
they are losing

Present Perfect
I have lost
you have lost
he/she/it has lost
we have lost
you have lost
they have lost

Past Continuous
I was losing
you were losing
he/she/it was losing
we were losing
you were losing
they were losing

Past Perfect
I had lost
you had lost
he/she/it had lost
we had lost
you had lost
they had lost

Future
I will lose
you will lose
he/she/it will lose
we will lose
you will lose
they will lose

Future Perfect
I will have lost
you will have lost
he/she/it will have lost
we will have lost
you will have lost
they will have lost

Future Continuous
I will be losing
you will be losing
he/she/it will be losing
we will be losing
you will be losing
they will be losing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been losing
you have been losing
he/she/it has been losing
we have been losing
you have been losing
they have been losing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been losing
you will have been losing
he/she/it will have been losing
we will have been losing
you will have been losing
they will have been losing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been losing
you had been losing
he/she/it had been losing
we had been losing
you had been losing
they had been losing

Conditional
I would lose
you would lose
he/she/it would lose
we would lose
you would lose
they would lose

Past Conditional
I would have lost
you would have lost
he/she/it would have lost
we would have lost
you would have lost
they would have lost

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	lose - fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"white-out, whiteout - lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rainsleep off - get rid of by sleeping; "sleep off a hangover"keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
	2.	lose - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"go down - be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"drop - lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"remain down, take the count - be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to tendrop one's serve - lose a game in which one is servingwin - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
	3.	lose - suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
	4.	lose - place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"mislay, misplacelay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	5.	lose - miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"forget, leave - leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
	6.	lose - allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
	7.	lose - fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"turn a lossbreak even - make neither profit nor lossturn a profit, profit - make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"
	8.	lose - fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"gain, win, acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
	9.	lose - retreatfall behind, recede, drop off, fall backretrogress, regress, retrograde - get worse or fall back to a previous condition
	10.	lose - fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"missoverlook - look past, fail to notice
	11.	lose - be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"sufferdecline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"suffer - get worse; "His grades suffered"

lose

verb1. be defeated, be beaten, lose out, be worsted, come to grief, come a cropper (informal), be the loser, suffer defeat, get the worst of, take a licking (informal) The government lost the argument over the pace of reform.2. mislay, miss, drop, forget, displace, be deprived of, fail to keep, lose track of, suffer loss, misplace I lost my keys.3. forfeit, miss, fail, yield, default, be deprived of, pass up (informal), lose out on (informal) He lost his licence.4. waste, consume, squander, drain, exhaust, lavish, deplete, use up, dissipate, expend, misspend He stands to lose millions of pounds.5. miss, waste, ignore, disregard, squander, forfeit The press lost no opportunity to create the impression that she was guilty.6. stray from, miss, confuse, wander from The men lost their way in a sandstorm.7. escape from, pass, leave behind, evade, lap, duck, dodge, shake off, elude, slip away from, outstrip, throw off, outrun, outdistance, give someone the slip I couldn't lose him, but he couldn't overtake.lose out miss out on, be defeated, be unsuccessful Women have lost out in this new flexible pay system.Proverbs
"You cannot lose what you never had"

lose

verb1. To be unable to find:mislay, misplace.2. To suffer the loss of:drop, forfeit.Idiom: kiss good-by to.3. To fail to take advantage of:miss, waste.Idioms: let slip, let slip through one's fingers, lose out on.4. To get away from (a pursuer):elude, evade, shake off, slip, throw off.Slang: shake.Idiom: give someone the shake.

Translations

丢失丧失失去白费输

lose

(luːz) – past tense, past participle lost (lost) – verb1. to stop having; to have no longer. She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.丧失2. to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc). She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.失去3. to put (something) where it cannot be found. My secretary has lost your letter.丢失4. not to win. I always lose at cards; She lost the race.输去5. to waste or use more (time) than is necessary. He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.白费ˈloser noun a person who loses. The losers congratulated the winners.输者loss (los) noun1. the act or fact of losing. suffering from loss of memory; the loss (= death) of our friend.丧失2. something which is lost. It was only after he was dead that we realized what a loss he was.损失3. the amount (especially of money) which is lost. a loss of 500 pounds.亏损lost adjective1. missing; no longer to be found. a lost ticket.失去的2. not won. The game is lost.输掉的3. wasted; not used properly. a lost opportunity.错过的4. no longer knowing where one is, or in which direction to go. I don't know whether to turn left or right – I'm lost.迷途的at a loss not knowing what to do, say etc. He was at a loss for words to express his gratitude.不知所措a bad/good loser someone who behaves badly or well when he loses a game etc. 输不起的人，输得起的人 lose oneself in to have all one's attention taken up by. to lose oneself in a book.专心于lose one's memory to stop being able to remember things. 丧失记忆lose out to suffer loss or be at a disadvantage. 输掉lost in having one's attention wholly taken up by. She was lost in thought.沉湎于lost on wasted, having no effect, on. The joke was lost on her.对...不起作用

to lose (not loose) the match.

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→ 丢失zhCN, 输zhCN

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See:

a tale never loses in the telling
blow lunch
blow one’s doughnuts
blow one’s lunch
by a short head
fall out of favor
get one's bearings
give/lose ground
have all one's buttons
heads I win, tails you lose
heads or tails
it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
keep (one's) cool
keep (one's) temper
keep one's cool
keep one's head
keep track
keep/lose track
keep/lose your cool
keep/lose your temper
Lend your money and lose your friend
Lend your money and lose your friend.
lose (one's) appetite
lose (one's) bearings
lose (one's) bottle
lose (one's) buttons
lose (one's) cherry
lose (one's) cool
lose (one's) doughnuts
lose (one's) edge
lose (one's) faith (in something or someone)
lose (one's) footing
lose (one's) grip on
lose (one's) head
lose (one's) heart to (someone)
lose (one's) hold on (someone or something)
lose (one's) hold over (someone or something)
lose (one's) life
lose (one's) lunch
lose (one's) marbles
lose (one's) mind
lose (one's) mojo
lose (one's) nerve
lose (one's) patience (with someone)
lose (one's) rag
lose (one's) shirt
lose (one's) spirit
lose (one's) temper
lose (one's) tongue
lose (one's) train of thought
lose (one's) v-card
lose (one's)/the way
lose (some amount of) time
lose (someone's or something's) grip
lose a bundle
lose a packet
lose all one’s marbles
lose appetite
lose at
lose at (something)
lose by
lose contact (with one)
lose contact with
lose cool
lose count
lose count (of something)
lose count of
lose face
lose face, to
lose favor
lose favor (with one)
lose ground
lose ground to (someone or something)
lose head
lose heart
lose heart to
lose hold on
lose in
lose it
lose it, to
lose marbles
lose money hand over fist
lose money on
lose money on (something)
lose no time (in) (doing something)
lose one’s cool
lose one’s doughnuts
lose one’s grip
lose one’s hold
lose one’s lunch
lose one’s marbles
lose one’s shirt
lose one's bearings
lose one's buttons
lose one's cool
lose one's grip
lose one's head
lose one's head, to
lose one's hear to
lose one's lunch
lose one's marbles
lose one's mind
lose one's nerve
lose one's shirt
lose one's shirt, to
lose one's temper
lose one's touch
lose oneself in
lose out
lose out on
lose out on (something)
lose out to
lose out to (someone or something)
lose patience
lose patience (with one)
lose reason
lose shirt
lose sight of
lose sight of (someone or something)
lose sight of something
lose sleep
lose sleep over
lose sleep over (someone or something)
lose sleep over, to
lose some amount of time
lose somebody/something in the shuffle
lose temper
lose the battle, but win the war
lose the drift (of something)
lose the drift/thread of something
lose the number of (one's) mess
lose the plot
lose the thread
lose the use of
lose the use of (something)
lose time
lose to
lose to (someone or something)
lose tongue
lose touch
lose touch with reality
lose touch with sanity
lose touch/contact
lose trace of
lose trace of (someone or something)
lose track
lose track of (someone or something)
lose track of something/someone
lose train of thought
lose your bearings
lose your cherry
lose your cool
lose your edge
lose your grip
lose your head
lose your heart
lose your life
lose your lunch
lose your marbles
lose your mind
lose your mojo
lose your rag
lose your shirt
lose your touch
lose your way
lose/waste no time
make a packet
make money hand over fist
make, lose, spend, etc. a packet
make/lose money hand over fist
miss out
no time to lose
not lose (any) sleep (over someone or something)
not lose any sleep over somebody/something
not lose any sleep over something
stand to lose
stand to lose (something)
tale never loses in the telling
there's no time to lose
use it or lose it
what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts
Win a few, lose a few
win or lose
win some, lose some
win some, lose some, (you)
win the battle, but lose the war
win, lose, etc. by a short head
You cannot lose what you never had
You must lose a fly to catch a trout
you snooze, you lose
You win some, you lose some

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verb be defeated

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verb mislay

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verb forfeit

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verb waste

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verb miss

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verb stray from

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verb escape from

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phrase lose out

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verb to be unable to find

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verb to suffer the loss of

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verb to fail to take advantage of

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verb to get away from (a pursuer)

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verb fail to keep or to maintain

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verb fail to win

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verb suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

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verb place (something) where one cannot find it again

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verb miss from one's possessions

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verb fail to make money in a business

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verb fail to get or obtain

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verb retreat

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verb fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

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verb be set at a disadvantage

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