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verb : LOSES
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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" ;
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2. (
) fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" ;
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3. (
) 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" ;
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4. (
) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" ;
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5. (
) 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" ;
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6. (
) 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" ;
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7. (
) fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" ;
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9. (
) withdraw, as from reality; "he lost himslef in his music" ;
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