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Verb lose has 11 senses

lose - 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"
Antonyms: keep, hold on
Sample sentence:
They lose the money
lose - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"
Antonyms: win

Derived forms: noun loser₂, noun loser₁, noun loser₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to somebody
lose - 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"
--₃ is one way to suffer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
misplace, mislay, lose - place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
--₄ is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
lose - miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"
Antonyms: find, regain

Derived form: noun losings₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
lose - allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
lose, turn a loss - 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"
Antonyms: profit, turn a profit, break even

Derived forms: noun loser₃, noun losings₁
Sample sentence:
They lose the money
lose - fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
Antonyms: acquire, win, gain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede - retreat
--₉ is one way to regress, retrograde, retrogress
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
miss, lose - 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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
suffer, lose - be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
--₁₁ is one way to worsen, decline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP