Definitions for lose
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. loseverb

   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"

2. loseverb

   fail to win

   "We lost the battle but we won the war"

3. loseverb

   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"

4. misplace, mislay, loseverb

   place (something) where one cannot find it again

   "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

5. loseverb

   miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

   "I've lost my glasses again!"

6. loseverb

   allow to go out of sight

   "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

7. lose, turn a lossverb

   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"

8. loseverb

   fail to get or obtain

   "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

9. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

10. miss, loseverb

    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"

11. suffer, loseverb

    be set at a disadvantage

    "This author really suffers in translation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loseverb

   To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

2. loseverb

   To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.

3. loseverb

   To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).

   We lost the match.

4. loseverb

   To shed (weight); to reduce.

   I've lost five pounds this week.

5. loseverb

   To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).

   She lost all her sons in the war.

6. loseverb

   To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.

7. loseverb

   To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

   When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

8. loseverb

   Of a clock, to run slower than expected.

9. loseverb

   To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Loseverb

   Etymology: leosan , Saxon.

   1. To forfeit by unlucky contest; the contrary to win.

   The lighten’d coursers ran;
   They rush’d, and won by turns, and lost the day. Dryden.

   2. To be deprived of.

   He lost his right hand with a shot, and, instead thereof, ever after used a hand of iron. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

   Who conquer’d him, and in what fatal strife
   The youth, without a wound, could lose his life. Dryden.

   3. To suffer deprivation of.

   The fear of the Lord goeth before obtaining of authority; but roughness and pride is the losing thereof. Ecclus. x. 21.

   If salt have lost his favour, wherewith shall it be salted? Matt. v. 13.

   4. To possess no longer; contrary to keep.

   They have lost their trade of woollen drapery. John Graunt.

   No youth shall equal hopes of glory give,
   The Trojan honour and the Roman boast,
   Admir’d when living, and ador’d when lost. Dryden.

   We should never quite lose sight of the country, though we are sometimes entertained with a distant prospect of it. Joseph Addison, Essay on the Georgicks.

   5. To have any thing gone so as that it cannot be found, or had again.

   But if to honour lost ’tis still decreed
   For you my bowl shall flow, my flocks shall bleed;
   Judge and assert my right, impartial Jove. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   When men are openly abandoned, and lost to all shame, they have no reason to think it hard, if their memory be reproached. Jonathan Swift.

   6. To bewilder.

   I will go lose myself,
   And wander up and down to view the city. William Shakespeare.

   Nor are constant forms of prayer more likely to flat and hinder the spirit of prayer and devotion, than unpremeditated and confused variety to distract and lose it. Charles I .

   When the mind pursues the idea of infinity, it uses the ideas and repetitions of numbers, which are so many distinct ideas, kept best by number from running into a confused heap, wherein the mind loses itself. John Locke.

   7. To deprive of.

   How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion. William Temple.

   8. To kill; to destroy.9. To throw away; to employ ineffectually.

   He has merit, good nature, and integrity, that are too often lost upon great men, or at least are not all three a match for flattery. Alexander Pope, Letters.

   10. To miss; to part with, so as not to recover.

   These sharp encounters, where always many more men are lost than are killed or taken prisoners, put such a stop to Middleton’s march, that he was glad to retire. Edward Hyde.

2. To Loseverb

   1. Not to win.

   We’ll hear poor rogues
   Talk of court news, and we’ll talk with them too,
   Who loses, and who wins; who’s in, who’s out. William Shakespeare.

   2. To decline; to fail.

   Wisdom in discourse with her
   Loses discount’nanc’d, and like folly shews. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lose

   The term "lose" generally refers to the act of not being able to retain or maintain possession, control, or achievement of something that was previously held or desired. It can apply to various aspects such as a loss of physical belongings, a defeat in a competition, a failure to achieve a particular goal, or a lack of success in a specific endeavor.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loseverb

   to part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle

2. Loseverb

   to cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health

3. Loseverb

   not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction

4. Loseverb

   to wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way

5. Loseverb

   to ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge

6. Loseverb

   to be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd

7. Loseverb

   to fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said

8. Loseverb

   to cause to part with; to deprive of

9. Loseverb

   to prevent from gaining or obtaining

10. Loseverb

    to suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest

11. Etymology: [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. lesan, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw. frlisa, frlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. ly`ein, Skr. l to cut. 127. Cf. Analysis, Palsy, Solve, Forlorn, Leasing, Loose, Loss.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lose

   lōōz, v.t. to be deprived of: to cease to have: to mislay: to waste, as time: to miss: to bewilder: to cause to perish: to ruin.—v.i. to fail, to be unsuccessful: to suffer waste:—pr.p. los′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. lost.—adj. Los′able.—n. Los′er.—adj. Los′ing, causing loss.—adv. Los′ingly.—n. Loss, the act of losing: injury: destruction: defeat: that which is lost: waste.—adj. Lost, parted with: no longer possessed: missing: thrown away: squandered: ruined.—Lose one's self, to lose one's way, to become bewildered; Lost to, insensible to; Lost tribes, the tribes of Israel which never returned from captivity.—At a loss, in uncertainty. [A.S. losian—leósan; cog. with Ger. ver-lieren, to lose.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lose

   1. [very common] To fail. A program loses when it encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected manner. 2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky. 3. Of people, to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed to ignorant). See also deserves to lose. 4. n. Refers to something that is losing, especially in the phrases “That's a lose!” and “What a lose!”

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1. LOSE

   What does LOSE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LOSE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Lose

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOSE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lose is ranked #33410 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lose surname appeared 683 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lose.
   
   95.6% or 653 total occurrences were White.
   1.7% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Suffer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lose' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1718

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lose' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1060

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lose' in Verbs Frequency: #78

Anagrams for lose »

1. ESOL

2. Leos

3. sloe

4. sole

How to pronounce lose?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lose in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lose in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of lose in a Sentence

1. Gavin Newsom:

   To lose a son, to lose a brother, sister, dad — that pain, that intensity, that expression is reflected not just in the words of these two remarkable women and their families, but we hope reflected in this legislation.

2. Shea McCuen:

   Going too young or too new, you're going to lose some of the older Democrats.

3. Warren Olson:

   When you have a Thai Girlfriend, you never lose her ; You just sometimes lose your place in the queue

4. Will Cuppy:

   Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.

5. Nicole McAfee:

   That means we’re going to lose doctors, we’re going to lose pediatricians, all who treat all children, not just children who are transgender. And in a state like Oklahoma, where we already have a really fractured health care system, adults and kids of all genders are going to suffer because of this legislation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lose
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lose
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lose
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lose
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Lose
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html