lose

Verb

• be set at a disadvantage
  • This author really suffers in translation
    

• 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
    

• retreat

• fail to get or obtain
  • I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
    

• 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
    

• allow to go out of sight
  • The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
    

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
  • I've lost my glasses again!
    

• place (something) where one cannot find it again
  • I misplaced my eyeglasses
    

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
  • She lost her husband in the war
    
  • The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
    

• fail to win
  • We lost the battle but we won the war
    

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  • She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  suffer , miss , fall back , drop off , fall behind , recede , turn a loss , misplace , mislay
• Antonyms: 
  gain , advance , win , pull ahead , make headway , get ahead , gain ground , acquire , profit , turn a profit , break even , find , regain , keep , hold on