- verb
- past and past participle of lose
adjectivelost (adjective)- unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts:"Help! We're lost!" · "they got lost in the fog"
- unable to be found:"he turned up with my lost golf clubs"
- (of a person) very confused or insecure or in great difficulties:"she stood there clutching a drink, feeling completely lost" · "I'd be lost without her"
- denoting something that has been taken away or cannot be recovered:"if only one could recapture one's lost youth"
- (of time or an opportunity) not used advantageously; wasted:"the decision meant a lost opportunity to create 200 jobs"
- having perished or been destroyed:"a memorial to the lost crewmen"
- (of a game or contest) in which a defeat has been sustained:"the lost election of 1994"
verblost (past tense) · lost (past participle)- be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something):"I've lost my appetite" · "Linda was very upset about losing her job" · "the company may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals"
- cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something):"you lost me my appointment at the university"
- be deprived of (a close relative or friend) through their death or as a result of the breaking off of a relationship:"she lost her husband in the fire"
- (of a pregnant woman) miscarry (a baby) or suffer the death of (a baby) during childbirth:"am I going to lose the baby?"
- (be lost)be destroyed or killed, especially through accident or as a result of military action:"a fishing disaster in which 19 local men were lost"
- decrease in (body weight); undergo a reduction of (a specified amount of weight):"she couldn't eat and began to lose weight"
- (of a watch or clock) become slow by (a specified amount of time):"this clock will neither gain nor lose a second"
- become unable to find (something or someone):"I've lost the car keys"
- cease or become unable to follow (the right route):"the clouds came down and we lost the path"
- evade or shake off (a pursuer):"he came after me waving his revolver, but I easily lost him"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHinformalget rid of (an undesirable person or thing):"lose that creep!"
- informalcause (someone) to be unable to follow an argument or explanation:"sorry, Tim, you've lost me there"
- fail to win (a game or contest):"they lost by one vote" · "the Bears lost the final game of the series"
- cause (someone) to fail to win (a game or contest):"that shot lost him the championship"
- earn less (money) than one is spending or has spent:"the paper is losing $500,000 a month" · "he lost heavily on box-office flops"
- waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity):"they lost every chance to score in the first inning" · "he lost no time in attacking his opponent's tax proposals"
OriginOld English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something):
- become unable to find (something or someone):
- fail to win (a game or contest):
- waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity):
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