Tra từ lose - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lose [lose loses lost losing] BrE [luːz] NAmE [luːz] verb (lost, lostBrE [lɒst] ; NAmE [lɔːst] ; [lɑːst] )

NOT FIND
1. transitive ~ sth/sb to be unable to find sth/sb
Syn: ↑mislay
• I've lost my keys.
• The tickets seem to have got lost.
•She lost her husband in the crowd.

HAVE STH/SB TAKEN AWAY
2. transitive ~ sth/sb to have sth/sb taken away from you as a result of an accident, getting old, dying, etc
• She lost a leg in a car crash.
•to lose your hair/teeth (= as a result of getting old)
• He's lost his job.
•Some families lost everything (= all they owned) in the flood.
•They lost both their sons (= they were killed) in the war.
•The ship was lost at sea (= it sank).
•Many people lost their lives (= were killed).
3. transitive ~ sth (to sb/sth) to have sth taken away by sb/sth
• The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors.
4. transitive ~ sth to have to give up sth; to fail to keep sth
• You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order.
• Sit down or you'll lose your seat.

HAVE LESS
5. transitive ~ sth to have less and less of sth, especially until you no longer have any of it
• He lost his nerve at the last minute.
• She seemed to have lost interest in food.
•At that moment he lost his balance and fell.
•I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet.
•The train was losing speed.

NOT WIN
6. transitive, intransitive to be defeated; to fail to win a competition, a court case, an argument, etc
•~ sth (to sb) to lose a game/a race/an election/a battle/a war
•~ to sb We lost to a stronger team.
•~ (sth) (by sth) He lost by less than 100 votes.

NOT KEEP
7. transitive, intransitive to fail to keep sth you want or need, especially money; to cause sb to fail to keep sth
•~ sth The business is losing money.
• Poetry always loses something in translation.
•~ sth (on sth/by doing sth) You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
•~ on sth/by doing sth We lost on that deal.
•~ sb sth His carelessness lost him the job.

NOT UNDERSTAND/HEAR
8. transitive ~ sth to fail to get, hear or understand sth
•His words were lost (= could not be heard) in the applause.
9. transitive ~ sb (informal)to be no longer understood by sb
•I'm afraid you've lost me there.

ESCAPE
10. transitive ~ sb/sth to escape from sb/sth
Syn: ↑evade, Syn: shake off
•We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness.

TIME
11. transitive ~ sth to waste time or an opportunity
• We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre.
• Hurry— there's no time to lose!
•He lost no time in setting out for London.
12. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) if a watch or clock loses or loses time, it goes too slowly or becomes a particular amount of time behind the correct time
•This clock loses two minutes a day.
Opp: ↑gain
Rem: Most idioms containing lose are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example lose your bearings is at bearing.
Idiom: ↑lose it
Derived: ↑lose out ▪ ↑lose out to somebody ▪ ↑lose yourself in something
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’.

Thesaurus:
lose verb
1. T
•I've lost my keys.
forget • • leave • |especially BrE, formal mislay •
Opp: find
lose/forget/leave/mislay your keys/wallet/bag
2. I, T
•So far we haven't lost a game.
trail • • come off worse/worst •
Opp: win
lose/trail/come off worse in sth
lose/trail by sth
lose/trail badly
3. T
•Hurry— there's no time to lose.
disapproving waste • • throw sth away • • squander • |informal blow • • splurge •
Opp: save
lose/waste/throw away/squander/blow/splurge sth on sth
lose/waste/throw away/squander/blow/splurge money
lose/waste/throw away/squander/blow a/an fortune/chance/opportunity

Example Bank:
•Our company lost out to one that could offer a lower price.
•The company stands to lose financially if this deal falls through.
•The visiting side lost to the home team.
•There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career.
•This is a game that Lazio cannot afford to lose.
•We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
•We lost against Albyn College.
•We lost by five goals to two.
•Win or lose, the important thing is to remain calm.
•You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
•He lost the seat by less than 100 votes.
•He yesterday lost his appeal against a six-month ban.
•Here, tie it round your neck so you don't lose it.
•Hurry— there's no time to lose.
•I've lost my keys.
•If your cheque book is lost or stolen inform your bank immediately.
•Newcastle lost 1–0 in the rematch.
•She resigned as party leader after they lost the election.
•So far they haven't lost a game.
•The South lost the war.
•The tickets seem to have got lost.
•They deserved to lose.
•We lost a lot of money on that deal.
•We've lost Alfie— is he with you?