"lose" meaning in All languages combined

See lose on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /luːz/ Audio: en-uk-to lose.ogg [UK], en-us-lose.ogg [US] Forms: lose [canonical], loses [third-person, singular], lost [past], lost [past, participle], losing [present, participle]
enPR: lo͞oz Head templates: {{verb2|lose|loses|lost|lost|losing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you lose something, you don't know where it is.
    Sense id: simple-lose-en-verb-Ga-xMYJR
  2. In games, you lose when others do better than you.
    Sense id: simple-lose-en-verb-qGD61vL~
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