lose

Thesaurus for lose
- verb
  - synonyms
    - misplace, mislay, turn a loss, fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede, miss, suffer, decline, lay, place, pose, position, put, regress, retrograde, retrogress, set, worsen
  - antonyms
    - break even, find, gain, keep, profit, win

Pronunciation of lose: L UW1 Z (luz)
Number of syllables of lose: 1

Pronunciation Video of lose

Definition of lose
- (v): be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
- (v): fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"
- (v): retreat
- (v): place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
- (v): 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"
- (v): 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"
- (v): allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
- (v): miss from one''s possessions; lose sight of; "I''ve lost my glasses again!"
- (v): 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"
- (v): fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
- (v): 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"

Examples of lose
- You should not lose your pet.
- The tumor caused Ciara to lose her eyesight.
- The tumor caused Chloe to lose her eyesight.
- The board lose the initiative in the interrogation.
- A person can lose their foreordination through sin.
- The applicant was likely to lose his job.
- I don't like to lose the pas.
- That I will habituate and lose the vision.
- I think I lose credibility and trustworthiness.
- They did not lose the informality.