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- Dictionarylose/luːz/
verb
- 1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something): "I've lost my appetite" Similar Opposite
- 2. become unable to find (something or someone): "I've lost the car keys" Similar Opposite
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LOSE definition: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
The meaning of LOSE is to bring to destruction —used chiefly in passive construction. How to use lose in a sentence.
[transitive] lose something to no longer have something, or have less of something than you had before, especially as a result of getting older. to lose your hair/teeth. to lose your sight/eyesight/hearing/memory.
LOSE meaning: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
lose. (luːz) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense loses, present participle losing, past tense, past participle lost. 1.verb B1. If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you. They lost the Italian Cup Final. [VERB noun]
Definitions of lose. 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” see more. verb. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal. “She lost her husband in the war”
Lose definition: to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery. See examples of LOSE used in a sentence.
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys. 2. a. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job. b. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife. c. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients. 3.
To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay. He's always losing his car keys. American Heritage. To bring to ruin or destruction. A ship lost in the storm. Webster's New World. To be deprived of (something one has had). Lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job. American Heritage. To incur the damnation of. To lose one's soul.
LOSE definition: 1. to not be able to find someone or something: 2. to stop having someone or something that you…. Learn more.