lose

1. Fail to keep or to maintain;
   Cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense (synset 202292634)
   "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
   subtypes:

   • white-out, whiteout - lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
   • sleep off - get rid of by sleeping
2. Fail to win (synset 201102003)
   "We lost the battle but we won the war"
   entail: compete, contend, vie - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
   subtypes:

   • go down - be defeated
   • drop - lose (a game)
   • remain down, take the count - be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten
   • drop one's serve - lose a game in which one is serving
3. Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal (synset 201799093)
   "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
   is a type of: suffer - experience (emotional) pain
4. Miss from one's possessions;
   Lose sight of (synset 202292463)
   "I've lost my glasses again!"
   subtypes: forget, leave - leave behind unintentionally
5. Allow to go out of sight or mind (synset 202201537)
   "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; "lose the crowds by climbing a mountain"; "the lost tribe"
6. Fail to make money in a business;
   Make a loss or fail to profit (synset 202293733)
   "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"
   same as: turn a loss
7. Fail to get or obtain (synset 202293000)
   "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
   subtypes: mislay, misplace - place (something) where one cannot find it again
8. Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind (synset 202132318)
   "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
   subtypes: overlook - look past, fail to notice
   same as: miss
9. Withdraw, as from reality (synset 200497220)
   "he lost himslef in his music"
   is a type of: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others
10. Be set at a disadvantage (synset 200205234)
    "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light"
    is a type of: decline, worsen - grow worse
    same as: suffer
    verb group: suffer - get worse

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