lose

Meanings

Verb

• To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
• To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
• To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
• To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
• To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
• To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
• To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
• Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
• To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
• To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.

Noun

• Fame, renown; praise.

Related

Similar words

• leave behind, mislay
• forfeit
• drop, shed
• ditch, drop, dump, get rid of, jettison

Opposite words

• come across, discover, find, gain, acquire, procure, get, pick up, snag
• win
• gain, put on
• find
• pick up
• come first, win

Origin

• From Middle English losen, from Old English losian, from Proto-Germanic *lusōną, *luzōną, from Proto-Germanic *lusą.
• From Old French los, loos, from Latin laudēs, plural of laus.