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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. Former Seattle fireman Andy Pittman:

    It’s an emotional thing, we’re losing family over this… there’s a deep tear.

  2. Michele Allen:

    In losing Monkey the grief was really, really tough and the greatest thing we could do was push through our grief in honoring him, and Monkey loved other dogs.

  3. The Omani Shed:

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

  4. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

    We expect to have a voice vote on it, but if we don't, we'll be prepared for whatever it is. One way or another, with losing no time. . we will be passing the bill tomorrow.

  5. 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.

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