lose

A2 · Elementary

v. to have less of something than you had before, like weight or money.

v. to experience a reduction in a specific quantity, quality, or resource.

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“He lost ten pounds after he started walking to work every morning.”

“The company lost a significant amount of market share following the launch of a cheaper competitor.”

B1 · Intermediate

v. to stop being able to see someone you were following, or to stop understanding a story.

v. to fail to maintain visual contact with a target or to fail to follow the logic of a narrative or argument.

“I lost him in the crowd because there were so many people wearing the same jacket.”

“The professor spoke so quickly that most of the students lost the thread of the lecture within the first ten minutes.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Informal

v. to stop having a feeling or a habit, or to throw something away.

v. to cease exhibiting a particular trait or to intentionally discard an unwanted person or thing.

“You need to lose that bad attitude if you want to keep your job.”

“The undercover agent had to lose the tail before meeting his contact at the safe house.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. when a clock or watch shows a time that is earlier than the real time.

v. of a timekeeping device, to function at a rate slower than the standard, resulting in an increasingly late reading.

“My old grandfather clock loses about five minutes every week.”

“The mechanical watch began to lose time consistently, suggesting that the internal spring required professional servicing.”