Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
"The company turned a loss after the first year"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 2
fail to win
"We lost the battle but we won the war"
Opposites:
win
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s something
verb
Sense 3
"I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb
Sense 4
"She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 5
"She lost her husband in the war"
"The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
Type of:
suffer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 6
"I''ve lost my glasses again!"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
"The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 8
"I missed that remark"
"She missed his point"
"We lost part of what he said"
Kinds of:
overlook
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 9
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 10
be set at a disadvantage
"This author really suffers in translation"
Verb group:
suffer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Semantic Complexity
98%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
51
Times Searched
3
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