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.

Typed by Aldo

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.

Typed by Bert

Examples

Typed by Aileen

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