lose
noun
1. (obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.
verb
1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
Definition categories: possession
2. fail to win
Definition categories: competition
3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
Definition categories: emotion, suffer
4. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
Definition categories: possession
5. allow to go out of sight or mind
- lose the crowds by climbing a mountain
Definition categories: perception
6. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
Definition categories: possession
7. fail to get or obtain
Definition categories: possession
8. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
Similar word(s): miss
Definition categories: perception
9. withdraw, as from reality
Definition categories: change, seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
10. be set at a disadvantage
- The painting loses something in this light
Similar word(s): suffer
Definition categories: change, decline, worsen
Sentences with lose as a verb:
- If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
- We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.
- When we get into the building, please lose the hat.
- My watch loses five minutes a week.