Lose (Verb)
Meaning 1
Withdraw, as from reality; "he lost himslef in his music".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
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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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 5
Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 6
Allow to go out of sight or mind; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; "lose the crowds by climbing a mountain"; "the lost tribe".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Meaning 7
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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Verbs of feeling.
Meaning 8
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".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 9
Fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 10
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".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.