English dictionary
lose
verbPronunciation
luːz
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
verb
- be set at a disadvantage
verb
- withdraw, as from reality
verb
- fail to win
verb
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
verb
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
verb
- allow to go out of sight or mind
verb
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
verb
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
verb
- fail to get or obtain
verb
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
Example sentences
This author really suffers in translation
The painting loses something in this light
he lost himself in his music
We lost the battle but we won the war
She lost her husband in the war
The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
I missed that remark
She missed his point
We lost part of what he said
The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
lose the crowds by climbing a mountain
the lost tribe
I've lost my glasses again!
{'source': 'CoCA', 'text': 'I sprang from the ground and quickly lost balance'}
I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
The company turned a loss after the first year