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(verb) fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
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Related Words: drop, go down, remain down, take the count |
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Antonyms: win |
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(verb) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war" |
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Related Words: suffer |
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(verb) allow to go out of sight: "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" |
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(verb) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" |
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Related Words: forget, leave |
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Antonyms: find |
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(verb) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; fail to keep in mind or in sight; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"; "She lost her husband a year ago" |
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Related Words: sleep off, white-out |
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Antonyms: keep |
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(verb) fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" |
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Antonyms: win |
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(verb) fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!" |
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Antonyms: break even, profit |
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(verb) retreat |
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Synonyms: drop off, fall back, fall behind, recede |
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Related Words: regress, retrograde, retrogress |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: miss |
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Related Words: overlook |
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(verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
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Synonyms: mislay, misplace |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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