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Verb: lose (lost) looz- 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" - Fail to win
"We lost the battle but we won the war" - 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" - Place (something) where one cannot find it again
- misplace, mislay - Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
"I've lost my glasses again!" - Allow to go out of sight
"The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" - Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
"I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
- turn a loss - Fail to get or obtain
"I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" - Retreat
- fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede - Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
"We lost part of what he said"
- miss - Be set at a disadvantage
- suffer
Sounds like: loos Derived forms: lost, losing, loses See also: fall, loser, losings Type of: decline, lay, place, pose, position, put, regress, retrograde, retrogress, set, suffer, worsen Antonym: break even, find, keep, profit, win Encyclopedia: Lose |