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lose

English

🔊 withdraw, as from reality
“he lost himslef in his music”
🔊 fail to win
“We lost the battle but we won the war”
🔊 suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
“She lost her husband in the war”
🔊 allow to go out of sight or mind
“The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”
🔊 miss from one's possessions
“I've lost my glasses again!”
🔊 fail to keep or to maintain
“She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat”
🔊 fail to get or obtain
“I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad”
🔊 fail to make money in a business
“I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!”
🔊 be set at a disadvantage
“This author really suffers in translation”
🔊 fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
“I missed that remark”