Word Information

Lose

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
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Definitions for Lose

verb
fail to keep or to maintain
Examples
  1. cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  2. She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
verb
fail to win
Examples
  1. We lost the battle but we won the war
verb
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
Examples
  1. She lost her husband in the war
  2. The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
verb
miss from one's possessions
Examples
  1. lose sight of
  2. I've lost my glasses again!
verb
allow to go out of sight or mind
Examples
  1. The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
  2. lose the crowds by climbing a mountain
  3. the lost tribe
verb
fail to make money in a business
Synonyms
turn a loss
Examples
  1. make a loss or fail to profit
  2. I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
  3. The company turned a loss after the first year
verb
fail to get or obtain
Examples
  1. I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
verb
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
Synonyms
miss
Examples
  1. I missed that remark
  2. She missed his point
  3. We lost part of what he said
verb
withdraw, as from reality
Examples
  1. he lost himslef in his music
verb
be set at a disadvantage
Synonyms
suffer
Examples
  1. This author really suffers in translation
  2. The painting loses something in this light

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