Lose Past Tense

The past tense of Lose is lost.

1. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense.

Rhymes with Lose

• misconstrues
• transfuse
• newport-news
• santa-cruz
• drive-thrus
• disabuse
• aeroperu's
• worldnews
• underuse
• primenews
• kangaroos
• excuse
• confuse
• chartreuse
• suffuse
• shampoos
• revues
• reviews
• review's
• refuse
• recuse
• overuse
• misuse
• infuse
• diffuse
• defuse
• bocuse
• bemuse
• toulouse
• tattoos

How do you pronounce lose?

Pronounce lose as luz.

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UK - How to pronounce lose in British English

Sentences with lose

1. Verb, base form
It would be a shame to lose what you learned.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
The faster you lose body fat, the more likely you will also lose muscle.

Quotes about lose

1. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
- Vince Lombardi

3. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
- Bill Gates

2. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] fail to win.

3. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] suffer the loss of a person through death or removal.

4. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] place (something) where one cannot find it again.

5. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] miss from one's possessions; lose sight of.

6. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit.

7. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] retreat.

8. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind.

9. lose

verb. ['ˈluːz'] be set at a disadvantage.