lose
/luz/ verb A2- To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. · If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.· He lost his hearing in the explosion.
- To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. · Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.· He lost his spleen in a car wreck.
- To shed (weight). · I’ve lost five pounds this week.
- 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.
- To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble. · Frank had lost $500 staying in Vegas.
- To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something). · Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
- To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. · I lost my way in the forest.
- To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc). · We lost the football match.· You just lost The Game.
Plural lose · He/she/it loses · Past lost · Past participle lost · -ing form losing
Verb forms
- Base form
- lose
- He/she/it
- loses
- Past
- lost
- Past participle
- lost
- -ing form
- losing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him.
Off Civita Vecchia we lost our brave Captain Leclere.”
When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
She knelt there, lost to everything but the loveliness around her, until she was startled by a hand on her shoulder.
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