lose Sentence Examples

  1. The team lost the championship game by a narrow margin.
  2. I accidentally lost my keys while walking home.
  3. The patient lost a significant amount of blood during the surgery.
  4. The company lost millions of dollars due to the recession.
  5. She lost her temper and yelled at her children.
  6. The hiker lost his way in the dense forest.
  7. The students lost all their notes when their laptop crashed.
  8. The dog lost its favorite toy under the couch.
  9. The politician lost the election by a landslide.
  10. The city lost its power grid during the storm.

lose Meaning

Wordnet

lose (v)

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

fail to win

suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

allow to go out of sight or mind

fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

fail to get or obtain

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

withdraw, as from reality

be set at a disadvantage

Webster

lose (v. t.)

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.

Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.

To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.

To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.

To cause to part with; to deprive of.

To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

Webster

lose (v. i.)

To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

FAQs About the word lose

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense, fail to win, suffer the loss of a person through death or removal, miss f

forget,miss, misplace, mislay,pass over,overlook

own, enjoy, keep, hold, possess, possess, retain, have, own, occupy

The team lost the championship game by a narrow margin.

I accidentally lost my keys while walking home.

The patient lost a significant amount of blood during the surgery.

The company lost millions of dollars due to the recession.