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lose 
verb
- 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"
Antonyms: keep, hold on - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"
Antonyms: win - 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"
- place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
Synonyms: mislay, misplace - miss from one''s possessions; lose sight of; "I''ve lost my glasses again!"
Antonyms: find, regain - allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
- 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"
Synonyms: turn a loss Antonyms: profit, turn a profit, break even - fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
Antonyms: acquire, win, gain - retreat
Synonyms: drop off, fall back, fall behind, recede Antonyms: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground - fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
Synonyms: miss - be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
Synonyms: suffer
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