English Explanatory Dictionary

lose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
To shed (weight).
To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).

noun

Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).

name

A surname from German.

Pronunciation

lo͞oz /luːz/ En-uk-to lose.ogg en-us-lose.ogg /lɒs/ lōz /lɔːz/

Word forms

lose loses losing lost no-table-tags glossary losest lostest loseth

Etymology

From Middle English losen, from Old English losian. The modern pronunciation with /uː/ (instead of the /oʊ~əʊ/ that would be expected from Early Modern /ɔː/) is due to conflation with loose.

Synonyms

leave behind mislay (fail to win: forfeit (shed: drop, shed forlese lose ditch drop dump get rid of jettison

Antonyms

come across discover find gain acquire procure get pick up snag win gain, put on come first possess receive

Related words

losel loser loss steal

Derived words

and nothing of value was lost be someone's to lose for the lose have nothing to lose how you get them is how you lose them lorel lose an hour of sleep lose caste lose control lose count lose face lose ground lose heart lose her head lose his head lose it lose-lose lose no time lose one's balance lose one's battle lose one's bearings lose one's bottle lose one's cookies lose one's cool lose oneself lose one's head lose one's heart lose one's life lose one's lunch lose one's marbles lose one's mind lose one's nerve lose one's patience lose one's rag lose one's shirt lose one's shit lose one's temper lose one's tongue lose one's touch lose one's virginity lose one's way lose one's wits lose out lose patience lose sight of lose sleep lose the bell lose the bubble lose the dressing room lose the fang lose their head lose the number of one's mess lose the plot lose the run of oneself lose the thread lose time lose to plot lose touch lose track lose weight

Translations

Afrikaans: verloor Albanian: humb Albanian: humbas Gheg Albanian: hup Southern Altai: јоголтор Arabic: خَسِرَ Arabic: فَقَدَ Arabic: ضيع Arabic: ودّر Armenian: կորցնել Aromanian: cherdu Assamese: হেৰোৱা Asturian: perder Azerbaijani: itirmək Azerbaijani: uduzmaq Bashkir: юғалтыу Basque: galdu Belarusian: тра́ціць Belarusian: стра́ціць Belarusian: губі́ць Belarusian: губля́ць Belarusian: згубі́ць Belizean Creole: laas Bengali: হারানো Bengali: হারিয়ে ফেলা Bhojpuri: हेराइल Bulgarian: загу́бвам Bulgarian: гу́бя Bulgarian: загу́бя Burmese: ပျောက် Burmese: ပျက် Burmese: ပြုတ် Catalan: perdre Chechen: иеша Cherokee: ᎤᏲᎱᏎᎭ Chinese Cantonese: 冇咗 Chinese Cantonese: 丟 /丢 Chinese Cantonese: 蝕 /蚀) Chinese: дю Chinese Mandarin: 丟 /丢 Chinese Mandarin: 失去 Chuukese: poutano Cornish: kelli Crimean Tatar: coytmaq Czech: ztrácet Czech: ztratit Dalmatian: piardro Danish: tabe Danish: miste Dutch: verliezen Esperanto: malgajni Esperanto: perdi Estonian: kaotama Faroese: missa Finnish: menettää French: perdre North Frisian: ferlees North Frisian: ferliise Old Frisian: forliasa West-Frisian: ferlieze Friulian: pierdi

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