lose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- keep antonym
Sense 2 verb
fail to win
We lost the battle but we won the war
Types & categories
- go down hyponym
- drop hyponym
- take the count hyponym
- drop one's serve hyponym
Related & opposite
- win antonym
- loser derivation
- loser derivation
- nonstarter derivation
- compete entails
Sense 3 verb
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
She lost her husband in the war
Types & categories
- suffer hypernym
Sense 4 verb
place (something) where one cannot find it again
I misplaced my eyeglasses
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Sense 5 verb
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
I've lost my glasses again!
Types & categories
- forget hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
allow to go out of sight
The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
Sense 7 verb
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
Related & opposite
- turn a profit antonym
- break even antonym
- loser derivation
- losings derivation
Sense 8 verb
fail to get or obtain
I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
Related & opposite
- gain antonym
Sense 9 verb
retreat
Types & categories
- retrogress hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull ahead antonym
- receding derivation
- ceding back derivation
Sense 10 verb
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
I missed that remark
Types & categories
- overlook hyponym
Sense 11 verb
be set at a disadvantage
This author really suffers in translation
Types & categories
- decline hypernym
Related & opposite
- suffer verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white-out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleep off |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | win |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | loser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | loser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonstarter |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take the count |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop one's serve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | regain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | losings |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | forget |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | turn a profit |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | break even |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | loser |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | losings |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | gain |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | pull ahead |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceding back |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | retrogress |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | overlook |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | suffer |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |