lose
Definition of lose:
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part of speech: adjective
LOSABLE.
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part of speech: verb
The opposite of keep or gain: to be deprived of: to mislay: to waste, as time: to miss: to bewilder: to cause to perish: to ruin: to suffer waste:- pr. p. losing ( loozing); pa. t and pa. p. lost.
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: verb
To mislay; to lay or drop so as not to be able to find; not to gain or win; to be deprived of; to fail to obtain; to miss; to wander from; to bewilder; to waste, as time; to squander or throw away; to ruin or destroy; not to employ or enjoy; to suffer loss.
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Common misspellings:
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- losse (37.0%)
- loos (16.0%)
- los (3.7%)
- losted (2.5%)
- lise (2.5%)
- losy (1.2%)
- lossed (1.2%)
- losed (8.6%)
- loes (2.5%)
- ose (11.1%)
- loe (2.5%)
- lowe (1.2%)
- lsoe (4.9%)
- losee (1.2%)
- llose (2.5%)
- lse (1.2%)
Usage examples for lose:
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It seems to me that we have not a day to lose
"Good Luck" – L. T. Meade -
I trust it may not happen that you will lose her as a wife."
"Jane Cable" – George Barr McCutcheon -
The way to lose her!
"The Other Girls" – Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney -
Time will be lost, and we have no time to lose
"At the Villa Rose" – A. E. W. Mason
