Definitions for losing
los·ing

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. losing

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

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. logins

2. logs in

3. soling

4. lingos

How to pronounce losing?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say losing in sign language?

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. Raul Gonzalez:

   Volatility this year was enormous, the oil hedging program is necessary. It offers stability amid public finance and budget challenges. It’s expensive but has generated benefits, it prevents the country losing its investment grade rating and guarantees solvency.

2. Peace Pilgrim:

   We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing themselves in a cause larger than themselves, like the cause of world peace, because finding inner peace means coming from the self-centered life into the life centered in the good of the whole. On the other hand, one of the ways of working for world peace is to work for more inner peace, because world peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it.

3. Frank Snepp:

   It was the first time Americans came anywhere close to losing a war. What worries me and many of us old guys who were there is that we are still seeing it happen.

4. The Omani Shed:

   A prisoner of love is a person who is passionately in love. Losing that passion will set him free

5. Stephen Fry:

   Climate change is already happening yet not a lot is going on when it comes to doing something about it, when you think about losing what you love because of climate change, it's a no-brainer to want to see things change for good.

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