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# lose

«lose» in Mova's school dictionary: **to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (lose, loses, lost, losing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lose is to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#m1)

2) To lose a game is to not win it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#m2)

3) To lose your way is to not know where you are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#m3)

4) To lose weight, time or money is to have less of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

things that are gone («had 9 pencils and lost 5» = subtract); in sport losing a match; in safety what to do if you get lost (stay where you are, find a safe adult); in everyday life «lose your temper», «lose track of time»

### examples

- Lily had 9 pencils and lost 5. How many pencils does Lily have now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x1)
- Tom loses 3 of his 10 marbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x2)
- Ben had 15 cards and lost 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x3)
- I lost my tooth today! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x4)
- Our team lost the game 2 to 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x5)
- If you get lost, stay where you are and ask a police officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x6)
- Don't lose your library card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x7)
- Trees lose their leaves in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x8)
- Much wants more and loses all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/#x9)

### note

Losing makes you have less: subtract. Trap: «how many did he lose» asks for the part lost: start minus what is left. Past «lost». Do not mix «lose» (one o, say «looz») with «loose» (two o's, not tight).

### In the corpora

- [Some people go to work ill because they can't afford to lose the pay, which spreads germs to everyone else.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/12/)
- [Lending money to friends can cause arguments, so many grown-ups only lend what they could afford to lose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/22/)
- [An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/18/)
- [A homeless person has nowhere safe to live, often because of losing a job, a family breaking up or illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/19/)
- [Refusing to admit you are lost or wrong is pride; too much pride makes it hard to ask for help or say sorry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.