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lose(verb)/luːz/ /luːz/Verb Forms- to be unable to find something/somebody
SYNONYM mislay
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mislay - I've lost my keys.
- The tickets seem to have got lost.
- She lost her husband in the crowd.
Extra Examples- We've lost Alfie—is he with you?
- Here, tie it round your neck so you don't lose it.
- If your card is lost or stolen, inform your bank immediately.
- to have something/somebody taken away from you, especially as a result of an accident, dying, etc.
- She lost a leg in a car crash.
- Some families lost everything (= all they owned) in the flood.
- She lost her baby (= had a miscarriage) three months into the pregnancy.
- They lost both their sons (= they were killed) in the war.
- The ship was lost at sea (= it sank).
- Many people lost their lives (= were killed).
- to have to give up something; to fail to keep something/somebody
- He's lost his job.
- You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order.
- Sit down or you'll lose your seat.
- The government has lost control of the city.
- We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
- The average business loses 20 per cent of its customers every year.
- You risk losing your house if you do not keep up the payments.
- The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors.
- to no longer have something, or have less of something than you had before, especially as a result of getting older
- to lose your hair/teeth
- to lose your sight/eyesight/hearing/memory
- There's new hope for people trying to lose weight.
- I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet.
- to have less and less of a quality or ability, especially until you no longer have any of it
- She seemed to have lost interest in food.
- to lose faith/confidence
- He lost his nerve at the last minute.
- At that moment he lost his balance and fell.
- The train was losing speed.
- He never lost the ability to make people laugh.
- to be defeated; to fail to win a competition, a court case, an argument, etc.; to cause somebody to be defeated
- So far they haven't lost a game.
- to lose a race/an election/a battle/a war
- We lost to a stronger team.
- He lost by less than 100 votes.
- We lost the game by three points.
- They lost on penalties to (= because they scored fewer penalties than) Spain.
- Many believe the incident lost them the election.
Extra Examples- The visiting side lost to the home team.
- There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career.
- This is a game that Lazio cannot afford to lose.
- We lost against Albyn College.
- We lost by five goals to two.
- They deserved to lose.
- Win or lose, the important thing is to remain calm.
- The South lost the war.
- He yesterday lost his appeal against a six-month ban.
- She resigned as party leader after they lost the election.
- to fail to keep something you want or need, especially money; to cause somebody to fail to keep something
- The business is losing money.
- Poetry always loses something in translation.
- You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
- What do we lose by working with them?
- We lost on that deal.
- The company stands to lose financially if this deal falls through.
- His carelessness lost him the job.
- to fail to get, hear or understand something
- His words were lost (= could not be heard) in the applause.
- to be no longer understood by somebody
- I'm afraid you've lost me there.
- to escape from somebody/something
SYNONYM evade
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/evade - We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness.
- to waste time or an opportunity
- We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre.
- Hurry—there's no time to lose!
- He lost no time in setting out for London.
- if a watch or clock loses or loses time, it goes too slowly or becomes a particular amount of time behind the correct time
OPPOSITE gain
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gain_2 - This clock loses two minutes a day.
- to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc.; to become crazy
- Then she just lost it and started screaming.
Word Origin- Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’.
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