Definition of Lose

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Definition of Lose

Lose

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.

Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.

To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.

To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.

To cause to part with; to deprive of.

To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

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Lose Quotations

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Maya Angelou

Never lose a holy curiosity.
Albert Einstein

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Ronald Reagan

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald Reagan

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
Warren Buffett

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
Warren Buffett

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.
Winston Churchill

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Vince Lombardi

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi

Lose Translations

lose in Afrikaans is verloor
lose in Dutch is verbeuren, opgeven, kwijtraken
lose in Finnish is kadottaa
lose in French is perdent, perdez, perdons, perdre, perds
lose in German is verliere, verlieren
lose in Italian is perdere, perdo
lose in Latin is amitto, omitto
lose in Norwegian is tape, saktne, miste
lose in Portuguese is perca, perder

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