lose
vb , loses, losing, lost mainly tr
1 to part with or come to be without, as through theft, accident, negligence, etc.
2 to fail to keep or maintain
to lose one's balance
3 to suffer the loss or deprivation of
to lose a parent
4 to cease to have or possess
5 to fail to get or make use of
to lose a chance
6 also intr to fail to gain or win (a contest, game, etc.)
to lose the match
7 to fail to see, hear, perceive, or understand
I lost the gist of his speech
8 to waste
to lose money gambling
9 to wander from so as to be unable to find
to lose one's way
10 to cause the loss of
his delay lost him the battle
11 to allow to go astray or out of sight
we lost him in the crowd
12 usually passive to absorb or engross
he was lost in contemplation
13 usually passive to cause the death or destruction of
two men were lost in the attack
14 to outdistance or elude
he soon lost his pursuers
15 intr to decrease or depreciate in value or effectiveness
poetry always loses in translation
16 also intr (of a timepiece) to run slow (by a specified amount)
the clock loses ten minutes every day
17 (of a physician) to fail to sustain the life of (a patient)
18 (of a woman) to fail to give birth to (a viable baby), esp. as the result of a miscarriage
19 (Motor racing, slang) to lose control of (the car), as on a bend he lost it going into Woodcote (Old English losian to perish; related to Old English -leosan as in forleosan to forfeit. Compare loose) ♦
losable adj ♦
losableness n
lose out
vb
Informal
1 intr, adv to be defeated or unsuccessful
2 ♦
lose out on to fail to secure or make use of
we lost out on the sale