lose

  • 21lose */*/*/ — UK [luːz] / US [luz] verb Word forms lose : present tense I/you/we/they lose he/she/it loses present participle losing past tense lost UK [lɒst] / US [lɔst] past participle lost Get it right: lose: Don t confuse lose (a verb) and loose (an… …

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  • 22lose — /lu:z/ verb past tense and past participle lost /lst/ 1 NOT HAVE ANY MORE (T) to stop having something that is important to you or that you need: I can t afford to lose my job, I have a family to support. | I lost a lot of money on that deal. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23lose — [[t]lu͟ːz[/t]] ♦ loses, losing, lost 1) VERB If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you. [V n] A C Milan lost the Italian Cup Final... [V n] The government lost the… …

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  • 24lose — [c]/luz / (say loohz) verb (lost, losing) –verb (t) 1. to come to be without, by some chance, and not know the whereabouts of: to lose a ring. 2. to suffer the loss or deprivation of: to lose one s life. 3. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a… …

  • 25lose — v. (past and past part. lost) 1 tr. be deprived of or cease to have, esp. by negligence or misadventure. 2 tr. a be deprived of (a person, esp. a close relative) by death. b suffer the loss of (a baby) in childbirth. 3 tr. become unable to find;… …

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  • 26lose — /loohz/, v., lost, losing. v.t. 1. 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: I m sure I ve merely misplaced my hat, not lost it. 2. to fail… …

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  • 27lose — wackelig; locker; (etwas) hat Spiel (umgangssprachlich); wacklig; gelöst; klapprig * * * lo|se [ lo:zə] <Adj.>: 1. sich nur locker an etwas befindend: ein loses Blatt; der Knopf ist, hängt lose. Syn.: wack[e]lig. 2. unbekümmert und ein… …

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  • 28lose*/*/*/ — [luːz] (past tense and past participle lost [lɒst] ) verb 1) [T] to no longer have something Mike lost his job last year.[/ex] The family lost everything when their home burned down.[/ex] Peter lost a leg in a climbing accident.[/ex] Jane started …

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  • 29lose — [[t]luz[/t]] v. lost, los•ing 1) to come to be without, as through accident: They lost all their belongings in the storm[/ex] 2) to fail inadvertently to retain, usu. temporarily: I just lost a dime under this sofa[/ex] 3) to suffer the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30lose — [lu:z] verb (past and past participle lost) 1》 be deprived of or cease to have or retain.     ↘be deprived of (a relative or friend) through their death.     ↘(of a pregnant woman) miscarry (a baby).     ↘(be lost) be destroyed or killed.… …

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