lose





lose - verb

  • fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  • fail to win
  • suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
  • place (something) where one cannot find it again
  • miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
  • allow to go out of sight
  • fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
  • fail to get or obtain
  • retreat
  • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  • be set at a disadvantage

lose - thesaurus

mislay   misplace   miss   recede   suffer  


View spelling list More ways to spell long oo and learn about the word lose in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 13. Spelling choices for /oo/ sound: oo, ou.

Scrabble score for lose

l is 1 o is 1 s is 1 e is 1
Scrabble score = 4

generated at 14:15:57 on 16-02-25

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