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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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The meaning of LOSE is to bring to destruction —used chiefly in passive construction. How to use lose in a sentence.
LOSE definition: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
LOSE meaning: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
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.
have something/somebody taken away. [transitive] lose something/somebody to have something/somebody taken away from you, especially as a result of an accident, dying, etc. She lost a leg in a car crash. Some families lost everything (= all they owned) in the flood.
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”
Definition of 'lose' Word Frequency. 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]
LOSE definition: 1. to not be able to find someone or something: 2. to stop having someone or something that you…. Learn more.
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 meaning, definition, what is lose: to stop having a particular attitude, qu...: Learn more.