DICTOMETER

LOSE

(lose, perder, miste, tape)

1. Synonyms:
   • Lose
   Definitions:
   • fail to keep or to maintain
   • cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
   Examples:
   • She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
   Antonyms:
   keep, hold on
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Lose
   Definitions:
   • fail to win
   Examples:
   • We lost the battle but we won the war
   Antonyms:
   win
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Lose
   Definitions:
   • suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
   Examples:
   • She lost her husband in the war
   • The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
   Antonyms:
   find, regain
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Misplace
   • Mislay
   • Lose
   Definitions:
   • place (something) where one cannot find it again
   Examples:
   • I misplaced my eyeglasses
   Antonyms:
   profit, turn a profit Antonym of break even (Sense 1)Antonyms:
   break even
   
   
   
   • Synonyms:
     • Lose
     Definitions:
     • miss from one's possessions
     • lose sight of
     Examples:
     • I've lost my glasses again!
     Antonyms:
     acquire, win, gain
     
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lose
     Definitions:
     • allow to go out of sight
     Examples:
     • The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lose
     • Turn a loss
     Definitions:
     • fail to make money in a business
     • make a loss or fail to profit
     Examples:
     • I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
     • The company turned a loss after the first year
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lose
     Definitions:
     • fail to get or obtain
     Examples:
     • I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Fall back
     • Lose
     • Drop off
     • Fall behind
     • Recede
     Definitions:
     • retreat
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Miss
     • Lose
     Definitions:
     • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
     Examples:
     • I missed that remark
     • She missed his point
     • We lost part of what he said
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Suffer
     • Lose
     Definitions:
     • be set at a disadvantage
     Examples:
     • This author really suffers in translation