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- DictionaryLose/lo͞oz/
verb
- 1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something): "I've lost my appetite"
- 2. become unable to find (something or someone): "I've lost the car keys"
The meaning of LOSE is to bring to destruction —used chiefly in passive construction. How to use lose in a sentence.
Lose definition: to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery. See examples of LOSE used in a sentence.
Definition of lose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
LOSE meaning: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
to stop having someone or something that you had before: She lost a leg in a car accident. I hope he doesn't lose his job. He lost his mother (= his mother died) last year. lose verb (HAVE LESS) B1. to have less of something than you had before: She's lost a lot of weight. He's losing his hair. to lose your memory. lose verb (NOT WIN) B1.
LOSE definition: 1. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is: 2. to have something or…. Learn more.
Definitions of lose. verb. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense. “She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat”. see more. verb. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal. “She lost her husband in the war”.