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{ "term": "lose", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "lose", "heSheIt": "loses" }, "pastSimple": "lost", "pastParticiple": "lost", "ingForm": "losing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to be unable to find something/somebody", "sensetop": "lose something/somebody", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I've lost my keys." }, { "text": "The tickets seem to have **got lost**." }, { "text": "She lost her husband in the crowd." }, { "text": "We've lost Alfie—is he with you?" }, { "text": "Here, tie it round your neck so you don't lose it." }, { "text": "If your card is lost or stolen, inform your bank immediately." } ], "synonyms": "mislay" }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to have something/somebody taken away from you, especially as a result of an accident, dying, etc.", "sensetop": "lose something/somebody", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She lost a leg in a car crash." }, { "text": "Some families **lost everything** *(= all they owned)* in the flood." }, { "text": "She **lost her baby** *(= had a )* three months into the pregnancy." }, { "text": "They lost both their sons *(= they were killed)* in the war." }, { "text": "The ship was **lost at sea** *(= it sank)*." }, { "text": "Many people **lost their lives** *(= were killed)*." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["forever"], "verb + lose": ["be about to", "be going to", "be likely to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to have to give up something; to fail to keep something/somebody", "sensetop": "lose something/somebodylose something to somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He's **lost his job**." }, { "text": "You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order." }, { "text": "Sit down or you'll lose your seat." }, { "text": "The government has **lost control** of the city." }, { "text": "We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff." }, { "text": "The average business loses 20 per cent of its customers every year." }, { "text": "You **risk losing** your house if you do not keep up the payments." }, { "text": "The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors.", "contextForm": "lose something to somebody/something" } ], "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["forever"], "verb + lose": ["be about to", "be going to", "be likely to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to no longer have something, or have less of something than you had before, especially as a result of getting older", "sensetop": "lose something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to lose your hair/teeth" }, { "text": "to lose your sight/eyesight/hearing/memory" }, { "text": "There's new hope for people trying to **lose weight**." }, { "text": "I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["forever"], "verb + lose": ["be about to", "be going to", "be likely to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to have less and less of a quality or ability, especially until you no longer have any of it", "sensetop": "lose something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She seemed to have **lost interest** in food." }, { "text": "to lose faith/confidence" }, { "text": "He lost his nerve at the last minute." }, { "text": "At that moment he lost his balance and fell." }, { "text": "The train was losing speed." }, { "text": "She never lost the ability to make people laugh." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to be defeated; to fail to win a competition, a court case, an argument, etc.; to cause somebody to be defeated", "sensetop": "lose somethinglose to somebodylose by somethinglose something by somethinglose on something (to somebody)lose somebody something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "So far they haven't **lost a game**.", "contextForm": "lose something" }, { "text": "to lose a race/an election/a battle/a war" }, { "text": "We lost to a stronger team.", "contextForm": "lose to somebody" }, { "text": "He lost by less than 100 votes.", "contextForm": "lose by something" }, { "text": "We lost the game by three points.", "contextForm": "lose something by something" }, { "text": "They **lost on penalties** to *(= because they scored fewer than) Spain.", "contextForm": "lose on something (to somebody)" }, { "text": "Many believe the incident lost them the election.", "contextForm": "lose somebody something" }, { "text": "The visiting side lost to the home team." }, { "text": "There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career." }, { "text": "This is a game that Lazio cannot afford to lose." }, { "text": "We lost against Albyn College." }, { "text": "We lost by five goals to two." }, { "text": "They deserved to lose." }, { "text": "Win or lose, the important thing is to remain calm." }, { "text": "The South lost the war." }, { "text": "He yesterday lost his appeal against a six-month ban." }, { "text": "She resigned as party leader after they lost the election." } ], "topics": ["Difficulty and failure", "Games and toys"], "collocations": { "verb + lose": ["hate to", "not bear to", "not like to"], "preposition": ["against", "by", "to"], "phrases": ["win or lose"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to fail to keep something you want or need, especially money; to cause somebody to fail to keep something", "sensetop": "lose somethinglose something by doing somethinglose on somethinglose somebody something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The business is **losing money**.", "contextForm": "lose something" }, { "text": "Poetry always loses something in translation." }, { "text": "**You have nothing to lose** by telling the truth.", "contextForm": "lose something by doing something" }, { "text": "What do we lose by working with them?" }, { "text": "We lost on that deal.", "contextForm": "lose on something" }, { "text": "The company stands to lose financially if this deal falls through." }, { "text": "His carelessness lost him the job.", "contextForm": "lose somebody something" } ], "topics": ["Money", "Difficulty and failure"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["forever"], "verb + lose": ["be about to", "be going to", "be likely to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to fail to get, hear or understand something", "sensetop": "lose something", "examples": [ { "text": "His words were lost *(= could not be heard)* in the applause." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to be no longer understood by somebody", "sensetop": "lose somebody", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm afraid **you've lost me** there." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to escape from somebody/something", "sensetop": "lose somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness." } ], "synonyms": "evade, shake off" }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to waste time or an opportunity", "sensetop": "lose something", "examples": [ { "text": "We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre." }, { "text": "Hurry—**there's no time to lose**!" }, { "text": "He **lost no time in** setting out for London." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "if a watch or clock loses or loses time, it goes too slowly or becomes a particular amount of time behind the correct time", "sensetop": "lose (something)", "examples": [ { "text": "This clock loses two minutes a day." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to become unable to control your emotions or behaviour", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Then she just lost it and started screaming." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/luːz/", "audio": "lo/lose/lose__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈluːzɪz/", "audio": "lo/lose/loses__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɒst/", "audio": "lo/lose/lost__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈluːzɪŋ/", "audio": "lo/lose/losing__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/luːz/", "audio": "lo/lose/lose__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈluːzɪz/", "audio": "lo/lose/loses__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɔːst/", "audio": "lo/lose/lost__us_6.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈluːzɪŋ/", "audio": "lo/lose/losing__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’." }