lose
IPA: ɫˈuz
noun
- (obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability.
- (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).
- 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.
- To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
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