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Wiktionary

  1. losingnoun

    The action of the verb to lose.

  2. losingadjective

    That loses or lose, or has or have lost.

    Being on the losing team is disappointing.

Wikipedia

  1. Losing

    Losing You is a song recorded by American recording artist Solange Knowles. It was written by Dev Hynes and Knowles, with production helmed by the former under his pseudonym Blood Orange along with Kevin Barnes. Serving as the lead single from her EP True, the song was first released for download on October 2, 2012 via Terrible Records, a label co-run by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor. "Losing You" is a R&B, dance-pop and indie pop song with influences of electronic music. The song received universal acclaim from music critics. The single's accompanying music video was directed by Melina Matsoukas and shot at multiple locations in the township of Langa in Cape Town, South Africa. Following the release, "Losing You" reached the top ten of the single charts in Denmark and Flanders, and peaked at number 22 on the UK Indie Chart.

ChatGPT

  1. losing

    Losing refers to experiencing defeat, failure, or being unsuccessful in achieving a desired outcome or goal. It often involves the act of not winning or coming up short in a competition, game, or confrontation. Losing can also encompass the feeling of disappointment, discouragement, or sadness that arises as a result of not accomplishing what was expected or desired.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Losing

    of Lose

  2. Losingadjective

    given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening

  3. Losingverb

    causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business

  4. Etymology: [See Losenger.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. losing

    Said of anything that is or causes a lose or lossage. “The compiler is losing badly when I try to use templates.”

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LOSING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Losing is ranked #110825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Losing surname appeared 159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Losing.

    96.2% or 153 total occurrences were White.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'losing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3000

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'losing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2284

Anagrams for losing »

  1. lingos

  2. logins

  3. logs in

  4. soling

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of losing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of losing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of losing in a Sentence

  1. The Orchard -RRB- Young:

    The irony is that on the day this broke, I was on the phone with 20 people that were all excited to come to the show at West Palm, it’s surreal that I’m even talking about losing someone who was like a brother to me.

  2. Leandro Consentino:

    For the leftists, putting their followers in the streets is a way of wearing Bolsonaro down for the election, but at the same, time they are contradicting themselves and losing the discourse of maintaining health care, because they are causing the same agglomerations as Bolsonaro.

  3. Jesus Torrealba:

    Today they want to win in the halls of bureaucracy what they couldn't win with the votes of the people, with this attitude, opposing the will of the people, they're losing what little legitimacy they had.

  4. Phil Mickelson:

    Dealing with losing in this game is a huge thing because even the best, the greatest winners, win such a small percentage of the time, but I have had so many special moments here at Pebble Beach. This was my first event as a pro, 1992, here.

  5. John Morton:

    You get meaningful health changes with just a 5 percent weight loss, so losing 50 percent after five years is still a heck of a lot of improvement, these are the sickest of the sick who seek out bariatric surgery, and the vast majority of patients benefit.

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