lose

verb

1. 1

   be set at a disadvantage

   This author really suffers in translation

2. 2

   fail to win

   We lost the battle but we won the war

3. 3

   retreat

4. 4

   place (something) where one cannot find it again

   I misplaced my eyeglasses

5. 5

   suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

   She lost her husband in the war

   The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her

6. 6

   fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

   I missed that remark

   She missed his point

7. 7

   allow to go out of sight

   The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light

8. 8

   miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

   I've lost my glasses again!

9. 9

   fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

   She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat

10. 10

    fail to get or obtain

    I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad

11. 11

    fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

    I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!

    The company turned a loss after the first year