Lose

Quick meaning: Lose is a verb meaning (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

Meaning

(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
2. (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
3. (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
4. (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
5. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
6. (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
7. (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

Example Sentences

He hath lost his fellows.

I lost my way in the forest.

He lost his hearing in the explosion.

If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.

Word Forms

• loses
• losing
• lost
• losest
• lostest
• loseth

Synonyms for lose

Depending on context, synonyms include mislay, ditch, drop, dump, jettison, forlese.

Antonyms for lose

Common opposites include discover, gain, acquire, procure, get, pick up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include miss, recede, misplace, mislay, fall back, drop off.

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