vverb.possessionfail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract senseExamples:- She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
Antonyms:keep
Inherited Hypernyms:lose
Direct Hyponyms:sleep offwhite-outwhiteout
Full Troponyms:sleep offwhite-out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the money (apply to: lose)
vverb.competitionfail to winExamples:- We lost the battle but we won the war
Antonyms:win
Derivationally Related Form:loser
Inherited Hypernyms:lose
Direct Hyponyms:dropdrop one's servego downremain downtake the count
Entailment:compete contend vie
Full Troponyms:dropdrop one's servego downtake the count
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to somebody
vverb.emotionsuffer the loss of a person through death or removalExamples:- She lost her husband in the war
- The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
Hypernyms:suffer
Inherited Hypernyms:losesufferfeel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.possessionmiss from one's possessions; lose sight ofExamples:- I've lost my glasses again!
Antonyms:find
Derivationally Related Form:losings
Inherited Hypernyms:lose
Direct Hyponyms:forgetleave
Full Troponyms:forget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.perceptionallow to go out of sight or mindExamples:- The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
- lose the crowds by climbing a mountain
- the lost tribe
Inherited Hypernyms:lose
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.possessionfail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profitSynset:turn a loss
Examples:- I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
- The company turned a loss after the first year
Antonyms:break evenprofit
Derivationally Related Form:losingsloser
Inherited Hypernyms:lose
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | They --- the money (apply to: lose)
vverb.possessionfail to get or obtainExamples:- I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
Antonyms:win
Inherited Hypernyms:lose
Direct Hyponyms:mislaymisplace
Full Troponyms:misplace
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.perceptionfail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mindSynset:miss
Examples:- I missed that remark
- She missed his point
- We lost part of what he said
Inherited Hypernyms:miss
Direct Hyponyms:overlook
Full Troponyms:overlook
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changewithdraw, as from realityExamples:- he lost himslef in his music
Hypernyms:seclude sequester sequestrate withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:losesecludeisolatediscriminatedistinguishidentifydetermine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s
vverb.changebe set at a disadvantageSynset:suffer
Examples:- This author really suffers in translation
- The painting loses something in this light
Hypernyms:decline worsen
Inherited Hypernyms:sufferworsenchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP