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Textual thesaurus for "lose"

(verb) suffer

be set at a disadvantage

This author really suffers in translation


(verb) drop off, recede, fall back, fall behind

retreat


(verb) mislay, misplace

place (something) where one cannot find it again

I misplaced my eyeglasses


(verb) miss

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


(verb) turn a loss

fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!; The company turned a loss after the first year