lose

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

2. 2transitive verb

   To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.

3. 3transitive verb

   Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.

4. 4transitive verb

   To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.

5. 5transitive verb

   To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

6. 6transitive verb

   To be deprived of the view of; to cease to See or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.

7. 7transitive verb

   To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.

8. 8transitive verb

   To cause to part with; to deprive of.

9. 9transitive verb

   To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

11. 11verb

    be set at a disadvantage

    "This author really suffers in translation"

    Synonyms

    suffer
12. 12verb

    fail to win

    "We lost the battle but we won the war"

13. 13verb

    retreat

    Synonyms

    recede
14. 14verb

    place (something) where one cannot find it again

    "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

    Synonyms

    mislaymisplace
15. 15verb

    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"

16. 16verb

    fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

    "I missed that remark"

    "She missed his point"

    Synonyms

    miss
17. 17verb

    allow to go out of sight

    "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

18. 18verb

    miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

    "I've lost my glasses again!"

19. 19verb

    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"

20. 20verb

    fail to get or obtain

    "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

21. 21verb

    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"