Lose
[luːz] or [luz]
Definition
(verb.) fail to win; 'We lost the battle but we won the war'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) allow to go out of sight; 'The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light'.
(verb.) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; 'I've lost my glasses again!'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) fail to get or obtain; 'I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad'.
(verb.) 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'.
Inputed by Alan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
(v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
(v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
(v. t.) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
(v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
(v. t.) To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
(v. t.) To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
(v. t.) To cause to part with; to deprive of.
(v. t.) To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
(v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
Edited by Colin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Be deprived of, fail to keep, let slip, let slip through the fingers.[2]. Forfeit, fail to win, fail to obtain.[3]. Waste, squander, misspend, throw away, make no use of.[4]. Miss, wander from.[5]. Be bereaved of, be deprived of.
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Definition
v.t. to be deprived of: to cease to have: to mislay: to waste as time: to miss: to bewilder: to cause to perish: to ruin.—v.i. to fail to be unsuccessful: to suffer waste:—pr.p. los′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. lost.—adj. Los′able.—n. Los′er.—adj. Los′ing causing loss.—adv. Los′ingly.—n. Loss the act of losing: injury: destruction: defeat: that which is lost: waste.—adj. Lost parted with: no longer possessed: missing: thrown away: squandered: ruined.—Lose one's self to lose one's way to become bewildered; Lost to insensible to; Lost tribes the tribes of Israel which never returned from captivity.—At a loss in uncertainty.
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Examples
- We should lose no time, Prince, replied Kantos Kan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In translating him into the language of modern thought, we might insensibly lose the spirit of ancient philosophy. Plato. The Republic.
- If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I try, but every day I lose a little, and feel more sure that I shall never gain it back. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Eugene, I cannot lose sight of that fellow's face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But Jane did not once lose consciousness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- So that we don't quite lose one another again, take your way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Even if water is only moderately hard, much soap is lost. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This victory gained, Rokesmith made haste to profit by it, for he saw how woefully time had been lost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There he did very well, but something went wrong (as it always does to a nomad), so he went to the Transvaal, and ran a panorama called 'Paradise Lost' in the Kaffir kraals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The church in the thirteenth century was extending its legal power in the world, and losing its grip upon men's consciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Miles long, and of breadth losing itself in vagueness, for all the neighbouring country crowds to see. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She could feel his body gradually relaxing a little, losing its terrifying, unnatural rigidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Happily Lydgate had ended by losing in the billiard-room, and brought away no encouragement to make a raid on luck. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- More likely losing it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Barsad saw losing cards in it that Sydney Carton knew nothing of. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And the experience of each party loses in meaning, when the free interchange of varying modes of life-experience is arrested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Spyers loses sight of him a minute as he turns a corner; shoots round; sees a little crowd; dives in; Which is the man? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A man must not be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The merely practical man loses much by not knowing the backgrou nd of his activities; the mere theorist fails by mistaking the shadow for the substance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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