Lose
verb
To not be able to find something or someone.
I always lose my car keys.
Often appears as...
- lose track
- lose sight
verb
To have something or someone taken away from you.
He lost his job last month.
Often appears as...
- lose patience
- lose control
verb
To not win, or to not get or keep something.
Our team lost the game.
Often appears as...
- lose a game
- lose a match
verb
To forget something.
I lost my train of thought.
Often appears as...
- lose your mind
- lose my place
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Idiomatic
verb
To use up or spend, especially in a careless or wasteful way.
Don't lose a minute. Time is precious.
Often appears as...
- lose time
- lose an opportunity
Usage tips
Idiomatic
verb
To become unable to see or find something or someone.
I lost him in the crowd.
Often appears as...
- lose sight
- lose track
verb
To decrease in amount or value.
The company lost millions last year.
Often appears as...
- lose value
- lose money
Usage tips
Technical, Financial
verb
To not be able to find something or someone.
I always lose my car keys.
Often appears as...
- lose track
- lose sight
verb
To have something or someone taken away from you.
He lost his job last month.
Often appears as...
- lose patience
- lose control
verb
To not win, or to not get or keep something.
Our team lost the game.
Often appears as...
- lose a game
- lose a match
verb
To forget something.
I lost my train of thought.
Often appears as...
- lose your mind
- lose my place
Usage tips
Idiomatic
verb
To use up or spend, especially in a careless or wasteful way.
Don't lose a minute. Time is precious.
Often appears as...
- lose time
- lose an opportunity
Usage tips
Idiomatic
verb
To become unable to see or find something or someone.
I lost him in the crowd.
Often appears as...
- lose sight
- lose track
verb
To decrease in amount or value.
The company lost millions last year.
Often appears as...
- lose value
- lose money
Usage tips
Technical, Financial
Definition 1 of 7
Pro Tip 1/1Physical Loss
Generally used for losing tangible items that you can search for or replace.
If I lose my glasses again, I'll need to search the whole house!
Pro Tip 1/1Physical Loss
Generally used for losing tangible items that you can search for or replace.
If I lose my glasses again, I'll need to search the whole house!
Pro Tip 1/1Physical Loss
Generally used for losing tangible items that you can search for or replace.
If I lose my glasses again, I'll need to search the whole house!
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The benefits of a good...
This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done. Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems,
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The psychological weight...
so i used iphone apps like lose it and i use my up band to track how much sleep i was getting and how much exercise i was getting along the way and this really helped me to keep the game kind of rational instead of emotional the way it
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Would you sacrifice one...
but there is a very large man on the bridge next to you. If you push him over, his body will stop the trolley, saving the five workers, but he'll die. To utilitarians, the decision is exactly the same, lose one life to save five.
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life?
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
Surfing has always been my personal therapy practice, and I studied trauma and grief and loss in school. So, after I lost Audrey, I've started running grief support groups
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Why do we love? A...
and makes us soar. Maybe we lose ourselves. Maybe we find ourselves. It might be heartbreaking, or it might just be the best thing in life. Will you dare to find out?
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5 Amazing Animal...
but for a novice sewing is tiring world she's lost all momentum
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
eventually she'd lose his courage perhaps a son will be bolder
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Leopard Learns How to...
Eventually she loses courage. Perhaps her son will be bolder.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
eventually she loses courage perhaps a son will be bolder
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The benefits of a good...
This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done. Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems,
Video examples
The psychological weight...
so i used iphone apps like lose it and i use my up band to track how much sleep i was getting and how much exercise i was getting along the way and this really helped me to keep the game kind of rational instead of emotional the way it
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
but there is a very large man on the bridge next to you. If you push him over, his body will stop the trolley, saving the five workers, but he'll die. To utilitarians, the decision is exactly the same, lose one life to save five.
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life?
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
Surfing has always been my personal therapy practice, and I studied trauma and grief and loss in school. So, after I lost Audrey, I've started running grief support groups
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
and makes us soar. Maybe we lose ourselves. Maybe we find ourselves. It might be heartbreaking, or it might just be the best thing in life. Will you dare to find out?
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5 Amazing Animal...
but for a novice sewing is tiring world she's lost all momentum
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
eventually she'd lose his courage perhaps a son will be bolder
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Leopard Learns How to...
Eventually she loses courage. Perhaps her son will be bolder.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
eventually she loses courage perhaps a son will be bolder
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost.
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Arthur Ashe
American Tennis Player
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Helen Keller
American Author
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
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Andy Warhol
American Artist
I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
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Roberto Baggio
Italian Athlete
It's important that a person doesn't lose track of himself.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost.
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Arthur Ashe
American Tennis Player
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Helen Keller
American Author
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
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Andy Warhol
American Artist
I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
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Roberto Baggio
Italian Athlete
It's important that a person doesn't lose track of himself.
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