American English pronunciation
How to pronounce lose
IPA transcription: ['luz]
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Verb
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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”
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fail to win
“We lost the battle but we won the war”
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fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
“I missed that remark”
“She missed his point”
“We lost part of what he said”
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suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
“She lost her husband in the war”
“The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her”
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place (something) where one cannot find it again
“I misplaced my eyeglasses”
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miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
“I've lost my glasses again!”
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retreat
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allow to go out of sight
“The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”
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fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
“I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!”
“The company turned a loss after the first year”
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fail to get or obtain
“I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad”
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be set at a disadvantage
“This author really suffers in translation”
Usage examples
- The road is now closed to traffic.
- These events bring the visitors up close with the animals.
- Lacking a skirt, the pads had to remain very close to the running surface.
- There is no time to lose.
- It is located close to Uttar Pradesh.
- It was only when I got this close to it that the strangeness of it was at all evident to me.
- The band quickly settled for an undisclosed sum.
- His uncle Thomas Gawdy had close links to Earl Arundel himself.
- Is it possible to see Tube at the closest movie theatre.
- What are the movie times for films close by