lose
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) fail to win
- We lost the battle but we won the war
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(v) 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
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(v) place (something) where one cannot find it again
- I misplaced my eyeglasses
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(v) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- I've lost my glasses again!
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(v) allow to go out of sight
- The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
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(v) 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
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(v) fail to get or obtain
- I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
- (v) retreat fall behind, recede, drop off, fall back,
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(v) 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
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(v) be set at a disadvantage
- This author really suffers in translation