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English verb: lose | |||
| 1. | lose (possession) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense | ||
| Samples | She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat. | ||
| Examples | They lose the money | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sleep off, white-out, whiteout | ||
| Antonyms | keep, hold on | ||
| 2. | lose (competition) fail to win | ||
| Samples | We lost the battle but we won the war. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drop, drop one's serve, go down, remain down, take the count | ||
| Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
| Antonyms | win | ||
| 3. | lose (emotion) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal | ||
| Samples | She lost her husband in the war. The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | suffer | ||
| 4. | lose (contact) place (something) where one cannot find it again | ||
| Samples | I misplaced my eyeglasses. | ||
| Synonyms | mislay, misplace | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| 5. | lose (possession) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of | ||
| Samples | I've lost my glasses again!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | forget, leave | ||
| Antonyms | regain, find | ||
| 6. | lose (perception) allow to go out of sight | ||
| Samples | The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| 7. | lose (possession) fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit | ||
| Samples | I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!. The company turned a loss after the first year. | ||
| Examples | They lose the money | ||
| Synonyms | turn a loss | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Antonyms | break even, turn a profit, profit | ||
| 8. | lose (possession) fail to get or obtain | ||
| Samples | I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Antonyms | gain, win, acquire | ||
| 9. | lose (competition) retreat | ||
| Synonyms | drop off, fall back, fall behind, recede | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | regress, retrograde, retrogress | ||
| Antonyms | gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance | ||
| 10. | lose (perception) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | ||
| Samples | I missed that remark. She missed his point. We lost part of what he said. | ||
| Synonyms | miss | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overlook | ||
| 11. | lose (change) be set at a disadvantage | ||
| Samples | This author really suffers in translation. | ||
| Synonyms | suffer | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decline, worsen | ||
| Verb group | suffer | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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