VERB | possession | lose | fail to keep or to maintain |
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competition | lose | fail to win | |
emotion | lose | suffer the loss of a person through death or removal | |
possession | lose | miss from one's possessions | |
perception | lose | allow to go out of sight | |
possession | lose, turn a loss | fail to make money in a business | |
possession | lose | fail to get or obtain | |
perception | lose, miss | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | |
change | lose | withdraw, as from reality | |
change | lose, suffer | be set at a disadvantage |
Sounds | luw'z | |
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Rhymes | abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz... |
Meaning | fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They lose the money | |
Narrower | sleep off | Get rid of by sleeping |
white-out, whiteout | Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain | |
Opposite | keep, hold on | Retain possession of |
Spanish | perder | |
Catalan | perdre |
Meaning | fail to win. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
Entails | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
Narrower | drop | Lose (a game / game / game) |
drop one's serve | Lose a game in which one is serving | |
go down | Be defeated | |
take the count, remain down | Be counted out | |
Opposite | win | Be the winner in a contest or competition |
Spanish | perder | |
Catalan | perdre | |
Nouns | loser | a gambler who loses a bet |
loser | a contestant who loses the contest | |
loser | a person with a record of failing |
Meaning | Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Broader | suffer | Experience (emotional) pain |
Meaning | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Narrower | forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally |
Opposite | find, regain | come upon after searching |
Spanish | perder | |
Catalan | perdre | |
Nouns | losings | something lost (especially money lost at gambling) |
Meaning | Allow to go out of sight. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Spanish | perder | |
Catalan | perdre |
Meaning | fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | They lose the money | |
Synonym | turn a loss | |
Opposite | break even | make neither profit nor loss |
profit, turn a profit | make a profit | |
Spanish | perder | |
Catalan | perdre | |
Nouns | loser | a gambler who loses a bet |
losings | something lost (especially money lost at gambling) |
Meaning | fail to get or obtain. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Narrower | misplace, mislay | place (something) where one cannot find it again |
Opposite | acquire, win, gain | win something through one's efforts |
Spanish | perder | |
Catalan | perdre |
Meaning | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | miss | |
Narrower | overlook | look past, fail to notice |
Spanish | escaparse, perder | |
Catalan | escapar-se, perdre |
Meaning | Withdraw, as from reality. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Broader | seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw | Keep away from others |
Meaning | Be set at a disadvantage. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonym | suffer | |
Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
Similar to | suffer | get worse |
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