lose

verb

to misplace
to kill
to dispose of
to turn off a radio or CD player
lose touch
be unaware
to be defeated in a battle
to earn less than spend money
to have a relative or friend die
to finish a game with an unfavorable outcome
to fail to keep something in sight
to evade the vision of someone
to decrease in quantity
to vomit

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /luːz/ / /lɒs/ / /lɔːz/

name

Etymology: * As a north/Low German surname, from a pet form of Lodewig, Ludwig. * As a south German surname, from a pet from of Nikolaus.

A surname from German.

noun

Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).

verb

Etymology: From Middle English losen, from Old English losian. The modern pronunciation with /uː/ (instead of the /oʊ~əʊ/ that would be expected from Early Modern /ɔː/) is due to conflation with loose.

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
“If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.”
“He lost his hearing in the explosion.”
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
“Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.”
“He lost his spleen in a car wreck.”
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
“I’ve lost five pounds this week.”
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
“She lost all her sons in the war.”
“I hold it true, whate’er befall; ⁠I feel it, when I sorrow most; ⁠’Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.”
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
“Frank had lost $500 staying in Vegas.”
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
“Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.”
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
“I lost my way in the forest.”
“He hath lost his fellows.”
To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
“We lost the football match.”
“You just lost The Game.”
To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
“The team scored four goals but still managed to lose.”
To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
“The policeman lost the robber he was chasing.”
“Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down.”
To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
“lose the cops”
“We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.”
To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
“I can see Mickie getting hot, I'm about to grab his arm, hold him back, say, Whoa, whoa, Mick, not here, it ain't worth it what happened inside just now. But I don't need to because Mickie loses his anger, starts smiling at ponytail, then melodramatically starts looking around at the men and women on the street going in and out of the courthouse.”
“Her attitude was so bad my mother wound up telling her, “You know we really don't have to be standing here talking to you, so you can lose the attitude or you can leave.”
To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
“When we get into the building, please lose the hat.”
“You can bet that the next woman who "loses" the top half of her bikini at the beach was born under the sign of Libra.”
Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
“My watch loses five minutes a week.”
“It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.”
To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
“O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.”
“a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, On the Excesses of Grief How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?”
To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
“I lost a part of what he said.”