lose

to bring to destruction used chiefly in passive construction

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

Sentence Examples

She's always losing her gloves.

Hold my hand: I don't want to lose you.

We lost the game by a score of 4–2.

He lost his title in the rematch.

The team lost three games but won the next four.

The team lost in the finals.

He hates to lose when money is involved.

The country lost its independence 50 years ago.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

drop	fail	forget
squander	suffer	surrender

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

lose out	lose out to	lose yourself in
lose your temper	lose out (on something)	lose yourself in something
lose face	lose out to somebody/something	lose heart

Neighborhood

Rhymes

choose	news	use
whose

Onset Friends

False Friends

~~chose~~	~~close~~	~~nose~~
~~rose~~	~~those~~

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