Definition of lose

verb (v)

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense (verb.possession)

  Antonym: hold on, keep
  

  source: wordnet30
• fail to win (verb.competition)

  Antonym: win
  

  source: wordnet30
• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal (verb.emotion)

  source: wordnet30
• place (something) where one cannot find it again (verb.contact)

  Synonym: mislay, misplace
  

  source: wordnet30
• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of (verb.possession)

  Antonym: find, regain
  

  source: wordnet30
• allow to go out of sight (verb.perception)

  source: wordnet30
• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit (verb.possession)

  Synonym: turn a loss
  Antonym: break even
  

  source: wordnet30
• fail to get or obtain (verb.possession)

  Antonym: acquire, gain, win
  

  source: wordnet30
• retreat (verb.competition)

  Synonym: drop off, fall back, fall behind, recede
  Antonym: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win
  

  source: wordnet30
• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind (verb.perception)

  Synonym: miss
  

  source: wordnet30
• be set at a disadvantage (verb.change)

  Synonym: suffer
  

  source: wordnet30
• To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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