Lose - Definition

v 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" [ant: hold on,
keep]
2: fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" [ant:
win]
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"
4: place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I
misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose]
5: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my
glasses again!" [ant: find, regain]
6: allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was
shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
7: 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" [syn: lose, turn a loss] [ant: break even,
profit, turn a profit]
8: fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a
year abroad" [ant: acquire, gain, win]
9: retreat [syn: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind,
recede] [ant: advance, gain, gain ground, get
ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win]
10: 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" [syn: miss, lose]
11: be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in
translation" [syn: suffer, lose]