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lose


Definition: Meaning of, lose in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / luːz /

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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
lose lost lost
Present Participle Third Person Singular
losing loses
  1. stop having attitude/quality etc [transitive] to stop having a particular attitude, quality, ability etc, or to gradually have less of it [↪  loss]
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  2. not win [intransitive and transitive] to not win a game, argument, election, war etc [↪  defeat]
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  3. cannot find something [transitive] to become unable to find someone or something
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  4. stop having something [transitive] if you lose something that is important or necessary, you then no longer have it, especially because it has been taken from you or destroyed [↪  loss]
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  5. death [transitive] lose your life to die
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  6. death [transitive] if you lose a relative or friend, they die - use this when you want to avoid saying the word 'die' [↪  loss]
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  7. money [intransitive and transitive] if you lose money, you then have less money than you had before [↪  loss]
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  8. have nothing to lose spoken if you have nothing to lose, it is worth taking a risk because you cannot make your situation any worse
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  9. time [transitive] if you lose time, you do not make progress as quickly as you want to or should
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  10. time [transitive] if a watch, clock etc loses time, it runs too slowly and shows an earlier time than it should
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  11. lose your way/bearings to stop knowing where you are or which direction you should go in
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  12. lose your way/bearings to become uncertain about your beliefs or what you should do
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  13. lose touch (with somebody/something) if two people lose touch, they gradually stop communicating, for example by no longer phoning or writing to each other
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  14. lose touch (with somebody/something) if you lose touch with a situation or group, you are then no longer involved in it and so do not know about it or understand it
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  15. lose your temper/cool/rag to become angry
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  16. lose your head to become unable to behave calmly or sensibly
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  17. lose your mind to become crazy [=  go crazy, go mad]
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  18. lose it spoken informal to become very angry and upset
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  19. lose it spoken informal also lose the plot to become crazy or confused
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  20. lose yourself in something to be paying so much attention to something that you do not notice anything else
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  21. escape [transitive] if you lose someone who is chasing you, you manage to escape from them
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  22. confuse somebody [transitive] spoken informal to confuse someone when you are trying to explain something to them
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  23. remove something [transitive] to remove a part or feature of something that is not necessary or wanted
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  24. lose something in the translation/telling to be less good than the original form
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  • lose out (phrasal verb)
    1. to not get a benefit that someone else is getting
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