lose
Pronunciation: /luːz/
The English word “lose” has 16 meanings listed here.
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).
- To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
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.
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