Word Finder - losing

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To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

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He lost his hearing in the explosion.

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To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.

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I lost my way in the forest.

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To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).

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We lost the football match.

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To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.

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Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down.

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To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

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We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.

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To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).

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To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

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When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

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Of a clock, to run slower than expected.

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It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.

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(ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.

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To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.

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I lost a part of what he said.

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To cause to part with; to deprive of.

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The process by which something is lost; a loss.

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That loses or has lost.

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Being on the losing team is disappointing.

Worse, she was losing her grip on the magic within her.

Losing Josh was like losing a brother.

It's tough losing a father.

She never thought she had a chance of losing this round.

She already sensed she was fighting a losing battle.

I've been losing some good ones.

Was he being sarcastic, or was he still miffed about the losing the mules?

I feel like I'm winning my battles but losing the war.

Freed from worry about losing a job they do not enjoy, encouraged to follow their dreams and passions, I believe most will want to do just that.

For her, losing them was painful enough, but losing a mate - that would be agonizing.

This time, Dusty was going to kill her for losing his car.

Voices prevented her from losing herself to her pain.

She had to wait for the right moment, when she wouldn't risk losing him.

Losing a soul was always a possibility.

When he finished the chores, he swallowed three aspirins and went outside to shovel the accumulating snow, hoping further activity might dissipate the anger he felt, not only at Shipton, but at himself for losing it in so public and childish manner.

The only danger he saw of losing his mate – again – was if she had any outstanding debt to Darkyn.

He.d never risk losing something so valuable!

You don't pick losing start-ups to invest in, why aren't they after you?

You know, when I was down in that room losing my mind, you said something that made me start to see things differently.

She moved close to the bars and sat, never losing his gaze, then tilted her head and let out a soft whimper.

I have seen her through some pretty nasty heartache, but honestly, I'm not confident she could survive losing you, and now she won't have to.

The last thing he needed was Connor losing it from too much human scent his first time out.

To tell the truth, I did it because I was pissed off at him over my losing Annie.

The camera isn't worth anything but she's really disturbed at losing her pictures.

I don't think you're losing the war.

She cried as if she was losing him.

Deidre felt the sense of losing it again.

She willed herself there, concentrating hard to keep from losing the connection.

She was silent, surprised as much by his information as she was by the turning of her stomach at the thought of losing Rhyn.

After all his sacrifices, after losing Lilith and Katie to Rhyn, he wasn.t sure what he.d do if Hannah chose someone other than him as her mate.

I.m losing patience with you, my pet.

Like his sisters and advisors, he was losing faith that his nishani existed.

If A'Ran had mated with a proper nishani, we'd not be losing this war.

Mison might try to blow A'Ran up, or the Council change its mind, or A'Ran would destroy everything to win his war, even if it meant losing her.

I need to tell you something that is going to change everything for you, and I am so afraid of losing you, I just don't know how.

Well, we don't have to worry about him losing it and feeding on mom.

She finally turned to him, and by the set of her jaw he knew he was fighting a losing battle.

Marching thirty miles that stormy night across roadless hills, with his hungry, ill-shod soldiers, and losing a third of his men as stragglers by the way, Bagration came out on the Vienna-Znaim road at Hollabrunn a few hours ahead of the French who were approaching Hollabrunn from Vienna.

He carried close to his leg a narrow unsheathed sword (small, curved, and not like a real weapon) and looked now at the superior officers and now back at the men without losing step, his whole powerful body turning flexibly.

Other columns after losing half their men were retreating in disorderly confused masses.

It would be different if you grudged losing a laborer--that's how I regard him--but you want to cure him from love of him.

The French losses were almost equal to ours, but very early we said to ourselves that we were losing the battle, and we did lose it.

I knew I was losing control and I should have stopped then.

You could lie and tell him Humphries said it wasn't really his fault and his mother was just upset at losing a daughter.

I've been afraid of losing him my whole life.

It was good that Cora had faith in Gabriel when he was losing death dealers who no longer believed in him.

It includes an immense high and broken plateau which spreads from south-west to north-east, losing in width and altitude as it advances north-east.

Every time the subject of your father came up, you got defensive and I backed off because I was afraid of losing you.

It's the only deal I ever lost that I didn't mind losing.

But I wouldn't want to take a chance on losing you.