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Word: lose (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To fail to be the winner.
  • Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
  • informal To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
  • transitive To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
  • transitive To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
  • en|true (followed by 'out')? See usexes
  • transitive To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
  • transitive To have (a relative or friend) die.
  • transitive To shed (weight); to reduce.

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