suffer, lose
(verb) be set at a disadvantage; “This author really suffers in translation”; “The painting loses something in this light”
lose
(verb) withdraw, as from reality; “he lost himslef in his music”
lose
(verb) fail to win; “We lost the battle but we won the war”
lose
(verb) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; “She lost her husband in the war”; “The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her”
miss, lose
(verb) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; “I missed that remark”; “She missed his point”; “We lost part of what he said”
lose
(verb) allow to go out of sight or mind; “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”; “lose the crowds by climbing a mountain”; “the lost tribe”
lose
(verb) miss from one’s possessions; lose sight of; “I’ve lost my glasses again!”
lose
(verb) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; “She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat”
lose
(verb) fail to get or obtain; “I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad”
lose, turn a loss
(verb) fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; “I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!”; “The company turned a loss after the first year”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lose (third-person singular simple present loses, present participle losing, simple past and past participle lost)
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
(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).
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.
(transitive, archaic) To cause to part with; to deprive of.
• Not to be confused with loose.
• (cause to cease to be in one's possession): leave behind, mislay
• (fail to win (something)): forfeit
• (shed (weight)): drop, shed
• (have (somebody of one's kin) die)
• (be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer)
• (shed, remove, discard, eliminate): ditch, drop, dump, get rid of, jettison
• (fail to win (intransitive))
• (last)
• (cause to cease to be in one's possession): come across, discover, find, gain, acquire, procure, get, pick up, snag
• (fail to win (something)): win
• (shed (weight)): gain, put on
• (have (somebody of one's kin) die)
• (be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer): find
• (shed, remove, discard, eliminate): pick up
• (fail to be the winner): come first, win
lose
(obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.
• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, sloe, sole
Source: Wiktionary
Lose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Losing.] Etym: [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. leósan, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw. förlisa, förlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. l to cut. sq. root127. Cf. Analysis, Palsy, Solve, Forlorn, Leasing, Loose, Loss.]
1. 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. Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. Prior.
2. 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. If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted Matt. v. 13.
3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. Dryden.
4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. He hath lost his fellows. Shak
5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge. The woman that deliberates is lost. Addison.
6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd. Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope .
7. 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. He shall in no wise lose his reward. Matt. x. 42. I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. Dryden.
8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.] How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion Sir W. Temple.
9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining. O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. Baxter. To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.
– To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." Macaulay.
– To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment. In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. Whitney.
– To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.
– To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.
Lose, v. i.
Definition: To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest. We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
