"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" [ant: keep (http://word.sc/keep)] fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" [ant: win (http://word.sc/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" [syn: misplace (http://word.sc/misplace), mislay (http://word.sc/mislay)] miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" [ant: find (http://word.sc/find)] 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" [syn: turn a loss (http://word.sc/turn a loss)] [ant: profit (http://word.sc/profit), break even (http://word.sc/break even)] fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" [ant: acquire (http://word.sc/acquire)] retreat [syn: fall back (http://word.sc/fall back), drop off (http://word.sc/drop off), fall behind (http://word.sc/fall behind), recede (http://word.sc/recede)] [ant: gain (http://word.sc/gain)] 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" [syn: miss (http://word.sc/miss)] be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" [syn: suffer (http://word.sc/suffer)] [also: lost (http://word.sc/lost)] Source: http://www.word.sc/lose

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