lose
From Middle English losen, from Old English losian, from Proto-Germanic *lusōną, *luzōną, from Proto-Germanic *lusą. The modern pronunciation with /uː/ is due to conflation with loose.
enPR: lo͞oz, IPA(key): /luːz/
Homophone: loos
Rhymes: -uːz
lose (third-person singular simple present loses, present participle losing, simple past and past participle lost)
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability.
2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
Douglas: I took some of the pension money out of the bank and I lost it on a horse.Nolan: Gambling with our employees' pensions?Douglas: Gambling? No. I was riding the horse. It fell out of my pocket.
(transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
(transitive) To shed (weight).
(transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
(transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
(transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
(transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
(transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
(transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
(transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
(ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, On the Excesses of Grief
How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
I lost a part of what he said.
Not to be confused with loose.
(cause to cease to be in one's possession): leave behind, mislay
(fail to win (something): forfeit
(shed (weight): drop, shed
(have (somebody of one's kin) die):
(be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer):
(shed, remove, discard, eliminate): ditch, drop, dump, get rid of, jettison
(antonym(s) of “cause to cease to be in one's possession”): come across, discover, find, gain, acquire, procure, get, pick up, snag
(antonym(s) of “fail to win (something”): win
(antonym(s) of “shed (weight”): gain, put on
(antonym(s) of “have (somebody of one's kin) die”):
(antonym(s) of “be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer”): find
(antonym(s) of “shed, remove, discard, eliminate”): pick up
(antonym(s) of “fail to be the winner”): come first, win
losel
loser
loss
Chinese Pidgin English: loosee
From Old French los, loos, from Latin laudēs, plural of laus (“praise”).
lose
(obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.
EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, selo, sloe, sole
From Middle High German losen, from Old High German hlosēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną. Cognate with English listen; see there for more.
(Zürich) IPA(key): /ˈlozə/, /ˈlɔzə/
lose (third-person singular simple present loset, past participle gloset, auxiliary haa)
to hear, listen
IPA(key): [ˈlosɛ]
Rhymes: -osɛ
Hyphenation: lo‧se
lose
vocative singular of los
Elso
osel
osle
selo
IPA(key): /ˈloːzə/
From Old High German lōs. Cognate with English loose.
los (also a distinct word, but not separable in many contexts)
lose (strong nominative masculine singular loser, comparative loser, superlative am losesten)
loose, slack
Die Schraube muss nachgezogen werden; sie ist etwas lose. ― The screw needs to be tightened; it is a bit loose.
lose
inflection of losen:
first-person singular present
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
singular imperative
“lose” in Duden online
“lose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
lose (present tense losar/loser, past tense losa/loste, past participle losa/lost, passive infinitive losast, present participle losande, imperative lose/los)
Alternative spelling of lóse
Alternative spelling of lòse
lose (Cyrillic spelling лосе)
vocative singular of los
lose
accusative plural of los