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- Dictionarylose/luːz/
verb
- 1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something): "I've lost my appetite" Similar Opposite
- 2. become unable to find (something or someone): "I've lost the car keys" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of LOSE is to bring to destruction —used chiefly in passive construction. How to use lose in a sentence.
LOSE definition: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
LOSE meaning: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
Definitions of lose. verb. 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”. see more. verb. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal. “She lost her husband in the war”.
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys. 2. a. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job. b. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife. c. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients. 3.
You say that you lose something when you no longer have it because it has been taken away from you or destroyed. I lost my job when the company moved to another state. [ VERB noun ]
Lose definition: to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery. See examples of LOSE used in a sentence.
Definition of lose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
LOSE definition: 1. to not be able to find someone or something: 2. to stop having someone or something that you…. Learn more.
To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay. He's always losing his car keys. American Heritage. To bring to ruin or destruction. A ship lost in the storm. Webster's New World. To be deprived of (something one has had). Lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job. American Heritage. To incur the damnation of. To lose one's soul.