How To Spell lose?
How to Pronounce lose?
Correct pronunciation for the word "lose" is [lˈuːz], [lˈuːz], [l_ˈuː_z].
Definition of lose
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To cease to have; to be deprived of; not to gain; to fail to obtain; to possess no longer; to forfeit; to waste; to squander; to ruin; to destroy; to cause to perish; to miss; to bewilder; to fail to see or find. To lose one's self, to be bewildered; to have the memory and reason suspended.
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To forfeit anything in contest; not to win; to decline; to fail.
Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin
What are the misspellings for lose?
What are similar-sounding words for lose?
- lone,
- hose,
- lokey,
- Louk,
- Logue,
- rose,
- loesch,
- Loeza,
- nose,
- loasa,
- loki,
- Lowes,
- louche,
- close,
- loza,
- loess,
- lost,
- loco,
- logy,
- louis,
- lousy,
- lode,
- lock,
- lossy,
- Loise,
- losey,
- loss,
- dose,
- lohse,
- Louise,
- loux,
- lox,
- loge,
- Lois,
- loch,
- louse,
- loos,
- lope,
- losee,
- locke,
- love,
- logo,
- Loyce,
- loso,
- loucks,
- Lok,
- Lougee,
- pose,
- look,
- low-key,
- log,
- loose,
- Louque,
- loses.
What is the present tense of Lose?
What is the past tense of Lose?
What is the adverb for lose?
The adverb for the word "lose" is "loosely".
What is the adjective for lose?
The adjective form of the word "lose" is "lost".
Usage over time for lose:
This graph shows how "lose" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.
What is the plural form of lose?
The plural form of the word "lose" is "loses"
What is the singular form of lose?
The singular form of the word "lose" is "loss"
Synonyms for Lose:
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v.
• cost • displace • contract- constrict ,
- abridge ,
- abate ,
- confine ,
- abbreviate ,
- clench ,
- draw in ,
- epitomize ,
- edit ,
- ebb ,
- dwindle ,
- evaporate ,
- compress ,
- curtail ,
- fall off ,
- deflate .
- dispossess ,
- decrease ,
- debit ,
- dodge ,
- dissolve ,
- exhaust ,
- bereave ,
- erode ,
- drain ,
- elude ,
- disinherit ,
- decrement ,
- capitulate .
- denudate ,
- doff ,
- bleed ,
- eighty-six ,
- dump .
- bomb .
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n.
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•
- death toll ,
- demise ,
- fatality ,
- death ,
- dying ,
- bereavement ,
- death rate .
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- fill out .
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- boom ,
- arbitrage ,
- commercialism ,
- commercial .
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adj.
• unburden
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