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1. (v.t.) lose
to come to be without, as through accident:
They lost all their belongings in the storm.
2. lose
to fail inadvertently to retain, usu. temporarily:
I just lost a dime under this sofa.
3. lose
to suffer the deprivation of:
to lose one's job.
4. lose
to be bereaved of by death:
to lose a sister.
5. lose
to fail to preserve or maintain:
to lose one's balance.
6. lose
(of a timepiece) to run slower by:
The watch loses three minutes a day.
7. lose
to forfeit the possession of:
to lose a fortune by gambling.
8. lose
to get rid of:
to lose weight.
9. lose
to bring to destruction:
Ship and crew were lost.
10. lose
to damn:
to lose one's soul.
11. lose
to have slip from sight or awareness:
We lost him in the crowd.
12. lose
to stray from:
to lose one's way.
13. lose
to leave far behind:
She managed to lose the other runners.
14. lose
to use to no purpose; waste:
to lose time in waiting.
15. lose
to fail to gain or win:
to lose a bargain; to lose a bet.
16. lose
to be defeated in:
They lost four games in five.
17. lose
to cause the loss of:
The delay lost the battle for them.
18. lose
to let go astray:
We lost ourselves in the woods.
19. lose
to allow (oneself) to become engrossed in something:
I had lost myself in thought.
20. lose
(of a physician) to fail to preserve the life of (a patient).
21. lose
(of a woman) to fail to be delivered of (a live baby).
22. (v.i.) lose
to suffer loss:
to lose on a contract.
23. lose
to suffer defeat.
24. lose
to depreciate in effectiveness:
a classic that loses in translation.
25. lose
(of a timepiece) to run slow.
26. lose
lose out, to suffer defeat or loss.
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| Definition of 'Lose' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) lose
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"
2. (verb) lose
fail to win
"We lost the battle but we won the war"
3. (verb) lose
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"
4. (verb) misplace, mislay, lose
place (something) where one cannot find it again
"I misplaced my eyeglasses"
5. (verb) lose
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
"I've lost my glasses again!"
6. (verb) lose
allow to go out of sight
"The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
7. (verb) lose, turn a loss
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"
8. (verb) lose
fail to get or obtain
"I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
9. (verb) fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede
retreat
10. (verb) miss, lose
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
"I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
11. (verb) suffer, lose
be set at a disadvantage
"This author really suffers in translation"
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1. (verb) lose
to put or drop sth somewhere so that you are unable to find it
I think I lost my purse!; The bill got lost among all the other papers.
2. lose
to not have sth anymore
a woman who lost all her possessions in the flood; Because I was late, I lost the opportunity to meet him.
3. lose
lose your job
to be forced to stop working
She lost her job when the company moved overseas.
4. lose
to gradually have less of sth, often until it is gone
a teacher who has lost control of his class; Are you losing weight?; to lose confidence/hope/respect/interest
5. lose
to not win a competition, election, etc.
We lost the game by 3 runs.; when Al Gore lost to George Bush in 2000
6. lose
to have sb you love die
She lost her husband last year.
7. lose
have ... to lose
indicates how much better or worse sb's situation will be depending on what they do now
She has a lot to lose if she doesn't get promoted.; I have nothing to lose by asking the question.
8. lose
lose it
to not have control of your emotions
We kept trying not to laugh, but finally we both lost it.; The movie was so sad - I completely lost it at the end.
9. lose
lose your life
to die
How many soldiers have to lose their lives?
10. lose
lose your mind
to become mentally ill
I'm so busy, I feel like I'm losing my mind.
11. lose
lose touch
to not know about or understand sb or sth anymore
She's lost touch with her high school friends.; a president who has lost touch with his party
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| Definition of 'Lose' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Lose
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
2. (verb) Lose
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
3. (verb) Lose
not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction
4. (verb) Lose
to wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way
5. (verb) Lose
to ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge
6. (verb) Lose
to be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd
7. (verb) Lose
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
8. (verb) Lose
to cause to part with; to deprive of
9. (verb) Lose
to prevent from gaining or obtaining
10. (verb) Lose
to suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest
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| Definitions of 'Lose' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. Lose
1. [very common] To fail. A program loses when it encounters an
exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected manner. 2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky. 3. Of people, to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed to
ignorant). See also deserves to lose. 4. n. Refers to something that
is losing, especially in the phrases “That's a
lose!” and “What a lose!”
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Sense: to stop having; to have no longer
She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.
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 Afrikaans: verloor |
 Arabic: يَفْقِد، يَخْسَر |
 Bulgarian: губя |
 Brazilian: perder |
 Czech: ztratit |
 German: verlieren |
 Danish: tabe; miste |
 Greek: χάνω, παύω να έχω |
 Spanish: perder |
 Estonian: kaotama |
 Farsi: از دست دادن |
 Finnish: kadottaa |
 French: perdre |
 Hebrew: לְאַבֵּד |
 Hindi: खो देना |
 Croatian: izgubiti |
 Hungarian: elveszít |
 Indonesian: kehilangan |
 Icelandic: missa |
 Italian: perdere |
 Japanese: 失う |
 Korean: 잃다 |
 Lithuanian: prarasti, pamesti |
 Latvian: []zaudēt |
 Malay: hilang |
 Dutch: verliezen |
 Norwegian: miste, tape |
 Polish: stracić, zgubić |
 Persian: از دست دادن |
 Pashto: له لاسه وركول |
 Portuguese: perder |
 Romanian: a pierde |
 Russian: (по)терять |
 Slovak: stratiť |
 Slovenian: izgubiti |
 Serbian: izgubiti |
 Swedish: tappa, förlora |
 Thai: สูญหาย |
 Turkish: kaybetmek |
 Taiwanese: 喪失 |
 Ukrainian: губити; втрачати |
 Urdu: کھو دینا |
 Vietnamese: mất |
 Chinese: 丧失 |
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