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| 1. | [ verb ] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense | |
| Examples: | "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" |
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| Related terms: | keep sleep_off white-out | |
| 2. | [ verb ] fail to win | |
| Examples: | "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
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| Related terms: | win drop go_down take_the_count loser compete | |
| 3. | [ verb ] suffer the loss of a person through death or removal | |
| Examples: | "She lost her husband in the war" "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" |
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| Related terms: | suffer | |
| 4. | [ verb ] place (something) where one cannot find it again | |
| Synonyms: | mislay misplace | |
| Examples: | "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
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| Related terms: | situate put | |
| 5. | [ verb ] miss from one's possessions; lose sight of | |
| Examples: | "I've lost my glasses again!" |
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| Related terms: | find forget losings | |
| 6. | [ verb ] allow to go out of sight | |
| Examples: | : "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" |
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| 7. | [ verb ] fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit | |
| Synonyms: | turn_a_loss | |
| Examples: | "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!" "The company turned a loss after the first year" |
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| Related terms: | profit break_even losings loser | |
| 8. | [ verb ] fail to get or obtain | |
| Examples: | "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" |
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| Related terms: | win | |
| 9. | [ verb ] retreat | |
| Synonyms: | fall_behind fall_back recede drop_off | |
| Related terms: | gain regress recession | |
| 10. | [ verb ] fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | |
| Synonyms: | miss | |
| Examples: | "I missed that remark" "She missed his point" "We lost part of what he said" |
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| Related terms: | overlook | |
| 11. | [ verb ] be set at a disadvantage | |
| Synonyms: | suffer | |
| Examples: | "This author really suffers in translation" |
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| Related terms: | worsen suffer | |
| Similar spelling: |
lowset lowest Lossett locate loquat locket look_to Lockett |
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