lose
[ looz ]
/ luz /
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verb (used with object), lost [lawst, lost], /lɔst, lɒst/, los·ing [loo-zing]. /ˈlu zɪŋ/.
verb (used without object), lost, los·ing.
Verb Phrases
lose out, to suffer defeat or loss; fail to obtain something desired: He got through the preliminaries, but lost out in the finals.
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Idioms about lose
Origin of lose
First recorded in before 900; Middle English losen, Old English -lēosan; replacing Middle English lesen, itself also reflecting Old English -lēosan; cognate with German verlieren, Gothic fraliusan “to lose”; see loss
OTHER WORDS FROM lose
re·lose, verb (used with object), re·lost, re·los·ing.Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for lose
lose
/ (luːz) /
verb loses, losing or lost (mainly tr)
Derived forms of lose
losable, adjectivelosableness, nounWord Origin for lose
Old English losian to perish; related to Old English -lēosan as in forlēosan to forfeit. Compare loose
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