| VERB | possession | lose | fail to keep or to maintain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz... | |
| Meaning | fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | suffer | Experience (emotional) pain |
| Meaning | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw | Keep away from others |
| Meaning | Be set at a disadvantage. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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