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loses
We have found lemma(root) word of loses : lose.
Definitions
[luːz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something)
(e.g: I've lost my appetite)
- become unable to find (something or someone)
(e.g: I've lost the car keys)
- fail to win (a game or contest)
(e.g: England lost the first Test match)
- earn less (money) than one is spending or has spent
(e.g: the paper is losing £1.5 million a month)
- waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity)
(e.g: he has lost his chance of becoming world No. 1)
Phrases:
- have nothing to lose
- lose heart
- lose height
- lose it
- lose one's marbles
- lose one's mind
- lose one's way
- lose oneself in
- lose sleep
- you can't lose
Origin
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Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’
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