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{{also|Lose|lóse|lòse|löse|loše|løse}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|lo͞oz}}, {{IPA|en|/luːz/}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-to lose.ogg|a=RP|text=to lose}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-lose.ogg|a=GenAm}}
* {{homophones|en|loos}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːz|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₁-}}
From {{der|en|enm|losen}}, from {{der|en|ang|losian}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*losōn}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*lusōną}}, {{m|gem-pro|*luzōną}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*lusą}}. The modern pronunciation with {{IPAchar|/uː/}} is due to conflation with {{m|en|loose}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|loses|losing|lost}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause]] (something) to cease to be in one's [[possession]] or [[capability]].
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=19|passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have '''lost''', by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
#* '''2008 November 21''', Graham Linehan, ''{{w|The IT Crowd}}'', Season 3, Episode 1:
#*: ''Douglas:'' I took some of the pension money out of the bank and I '''lost''' it on a horse.<br>''Nolan:'' Gambling with our employees' pensions?<br>''Douglas:'' Gambling? No. I was riding the horse. It fell out of my pocket.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=April 15, 2011|author=Saj Chowdhury|work=BBC Sport| title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13009332.stm Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest]| passage=Forest, who '''lost''' striker Kris Boyd to injury seconds before half-time, produced little after the break, with a Tyson sliced shot from 12 yards their only opportunity of note.}}
#: {{ux|en|If you '''lose''' that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.}}
#: {{ux|en|He '''lost''' his hearing in the explosion.}}
#: {{ux|en|She '''lost''' her position when the company was taken over.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To have (an [[organ]]) [[remove]]d from one's [[body]], especially by [[accident]].
##: {{ux|en|Johnny '''lost''' a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.}}
##: {{ux|en|He '''lost''' his spleen in a car wreck.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[shed]] ([[weight]]).
##: {{ux|en|I’ve '''lost''' five pounds this week.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[experience]] the [[death]] of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a [[relative]] or [[friend]]).
##: {{ux|en|She '''lost''' all her sons in the war.}}
##* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XXVII|44|I hold it true, whate’er befall;<br>⁠I feel it, when I sorrow most;<br>⁠’Tis better to have loved and '''lost'''<br>Than never to have loved at all.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pay]] or [[owe]] (some [[wager]]) due from an unsuccessful [[bet]] or [[gamble]].
##: {{ux|en|Frank had '''lost''' $500 staying in Vegas.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
##: ''Users who engage in disruptive behavior may '''lose''' their accounts.''
# To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
#: {{ux|en|I '''lost''' my way in the forest.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|I|ii|passage=He hath '''lost''' his fellows.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fail]] to [[win]] (a game, competition, trial, etc).
#: {{ux|en|We '''lost''' the football match.}}
#: {{ux|en|You just '''lost''' [[The Game]].}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1692|author=w:John Dryden|title=Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
|passage=I fought the battle bravely which I '''lost''', / And lost it but to Macedonians.}}
#* {{quote-av
|en
|date=September 07, 2022
|role=w:Jimmy Fallon
|title=Trump Tried to Pay Lawyer with a Horse, Also Stole Material on Foreign Nation's Nuclear Capabilities
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908034704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ALcRrHXDBk
|archivedate=08 September 2022
|genre=Comedy
|publisher=w:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
|time=5:25
|text=Well, some news from overseas: according to a new report, Russia is now buying military supplies from North Korea. Yep, Russia's asking North Korea for help. Uh, tell us you're '''losing''' the war without telling us you're '''losing''' the war.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To be [[unable]] to [[follow]] or [[trace]] (somebody or something) any longer.
#: {{ux|en|The policeman '''lost''' the robber he was chasing.}}
#: {{ux|en|Mission control '''lost''' the satellite as its signal died down.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (somebody) to be [[unable]] to [[follow]] or [[trace]] one any longer.
#: {{ux|en|We managed to '''lose''' our pursuers in the forest.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cease]] [[exhibit]]ing; to [[overcome]] (a behavior or emotion).
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Ron Liebman|title=Death by Rodrigo|year=2007| location=New York| publisher=Simon & Schuster| isbn=9781416535270| page=134| pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=c779Cd1_hoEC&pg=PA134| passage=I can see Mickie getting hot, I'm about to grab his arm, hold him back, say, Whoa, whoa, Mick, not here, it ain't worth it what happened inside just now. But I don't need to because Mickie '''loses''' his anger, starts smiling at ponytail, then melodramatically starts looking around at the men and women on the street going in and out of the courthouse.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|title=Dancing in the Rain|author=Tracy Brooks| page=349| ISBN=1475944500| passage=Her attitude was so bad my mother wound up telling her, “You know we really don't have to be standing here talking to you, so you can '''lose''' the attitude or you can leave.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[shed]], [[remove]], [[discard]], or [[eliminate]].
#: {{ux|en|When we get into the building, please '''lose''' the hat.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1976|title=Sexual Astrology|author=Martine|passage=You can bet that the next woman who '''"loses"''' the top half of her bikini at the beach was born under the sign of Libra.}}
# Of a [[clock]], to [[run]] slower than expected.
#: {{ux|en|My watch '''loses''' five minutes a week.}}
#: {{ux|en|It's already 5:30? My watch must have '''lost''' a few minutes.}}
# {{lb|en|ditransitive}} To cause (someone) the [[loss]] of something; to [[deprive]] of.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1650|author=w:Richard Baxter|title=The Saints' Everlasting Rest
|passage=O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and '''lost''' me this glory.}}
#* '''a. 1699''', {{w|Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet}}, ''On the Excesses of Grief''
#*: How should you go about to '''lose''' him a wife he loves with so much passion?
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author={{w|Colin Jones (historian)|Colin Jones}}|title=The Great Nation|page=556|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2003
|passage=This '''lost''' Catholicism {{...}} any semblance of a claim to special status, and also highlighted the gains which other religious formations had derived from the Revolution.}}
# To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
#: {{ux|en|I '''lost''' a part of what he said.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Not to be confused with {{m|en|loose}}.

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|past=lost|stem=los|past_2sg_old=lostest}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|cause to cease to be in one's possession}} {{l|en|leave behind}}, {{l|en|mislay}}
* {{sense|fail to win (something}} {{l|en|forfeit}}
* {{sense|shed (weight}} {{l|en|drop}}, {{l|en|shed}}
* {{sense|have (somebody of one's kin) die}}
* {{sense|be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer}}
* {{sense|shed, remove, discard, eliminate}} {{l|en|ditch}}, {{l|en|drop}}, {{l|en|dump}}, {{l|en|get rid of}}, {{l|en|jettison}}

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|cause to cease to be in one's possession}} {{l|en|come across}}, {{l|en|discover}}, {{l|en|find}}, {{l|en|gain}}, {{l|en|acquire}}, {{l|en|procure}}, {{l|en|get}}, {{l|en|pick up}}, {{l|en|snag}}
* {{antsense|fail to win (something}} {{l|en|win}}
* {{antsense|shed (weight}} {{l|en|gain}}, {{l|en|put on}}
* {{antsense|have (somebody of one's kin) die}}
* {{antsense|be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer}} {{l|en|find}}
* {{antsense|shed, remove, discard, eliminate}} {{l|en|pick up}}
* {{antsense|fail to be the winner}} {{l|en|come first}}, [[win]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en
|be someone's to lose|for the lose|lose an hour of sleep|lose control|lose count|lose face|lose ground|lose her head|lose his head|lose one's balance|lose one's bearings|lose one's bottle|lose one's cookies|lose one's nerve|lose one's shirt|lose one's shit|lose one's tongue|lose one's touch|lose one's virginity|lose sight of|lose sleep|lose the bell|lose the fang|lose the number of one's mess|lose the thread|lose their head|lose touch|lose track|lose weight|lose-lose|no time to lose|no-lose|lose the bubble|the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature|use it or lose it|what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts|what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts|win or lose|would lose one's head if it wasn't attached|you snooze you lose
|lose heart
|lose it
|lose no time
|lose one's battle
|lose one's cool
|lose one's head|how you get them is how you lose them
|lose one's heart 
|lose one's life
|lose one's lunch
|lose one's marbles
|lose one's mind|would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on|would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on|would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on|would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on|would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on|would lose one's head if it weren't attached
|lose one's patience
|lose one's rag
|lose one's temper
|lose one's way
|lose oneself
|lose out
|lose patience
|lose the dressing room
|lose the run of oneself
|lose the plot
|lose time
|no love lost|lose caste|lose one's wits}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|losel}}
* {{l|en|loser}}
* {{l|en|loss}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|cpi|loosee}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|verloor}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|humb}}, {{t+|sq|humbas}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|خَسِرَ}}, {{t+|ar|فَقَدَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|ضيع|tr=ḍayyaʕ}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|ودّر|tr=waddər}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կորցնել}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|cherdu}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|হেৰোৱা}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|perder}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|itirmək}}, {{t+|az|uduzmaq}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|юғалтыу}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|galdu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|тра́ціць|impf}}, {{t|be|стра́ціць|pf}}, {{t|be|губі́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|губля́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|згубі́ць|pf}}
* Belizean Creole: {{t|bzj|laas}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হারানো}}, {{t|bn|হারিয়ে ফেলা}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|हेराइल}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|загу́бвам|impf}}, {{t+|bg|гу́бя|impf}}, {{t|bg|загу́бя|pf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ပျောက်}}, {{t+|my|ပျက်}}, {{t+|my|ပြုတ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|perdre}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|иеша}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎤᏲᎱᏎᎭ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|冇咗|tr=mou5 zo2}}, {{t|yue|丟|tr=diu1}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|дю}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|丟|tr=diū}}, {{t+|cmn|失去|tr=shīqù}}
* Chuukese: {{t|chk|poutano}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kelli}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|coytmaq}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ztrácet|impf}}, {{t+|cs|ztratit|pf}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|piardro}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tabe}}, {{t+|da|miste}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verliezen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|malgajni}}, {{t|eo|perdi}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kaotama}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|missa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|menettää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perdre}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|pierdi}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|perder}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|დაკარგვა}}
* German: {{t+|de|verlieren}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χάνω}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|pèdi}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אִבֵּד|tr='ibbed}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|खोना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elveszít}}, {{t+|hu|elhagy}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|týna}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|perdar}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|wagat}}, {{t|ilo|iwagat}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|hilang}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|caill}}
* Isnag: {{t|isd|waxa}}
* Istro-Romanian: {{t|ruo|pľerde}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perdere}}, {{t+|it|smarrire}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|なくす|tr=nakusu}}, {{t+|ja|落とす|tr=おとす, otosu}}, {{t+|ja|失う|tr=うしなう, ushinau}}
* Kashmiri: {{t|ks|راوُن}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жоғалту}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បាត់}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|잃다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|بزر کردن}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|ji dest dan}}, {{t+|kmr|winda|alt=winda kirin}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жоготуу}}
* Ladin: {{t|lld|perde}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|pedrer}}, {{t|lad|piedrer}}, {{t|lad|peryer}} {{qualifier|Istanbul}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເສຍ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|pagaisynuot}}, {{t|ltg|gaisynuot}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|āmittō}}, {{t|la|perdō}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|zaudēt}}, {{t|lv|pazaudēt}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|netèkti}}, {{t|lt|praràsti}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|kōtõ}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|perd}}, {{t|lmo|pèrd}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|verlesen}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|verléieren}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|губи|impf}}, {{t|mk|изгуби|pf}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|hilang}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|tilef}}
* Mauritian Creole: {{t|mfe|perdi}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|алдах}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|गुमाउनु}}
* North Frisian:
*: Föhr-Amrum: {{t|frr|ferlees}}
*: Mooring: {{t|frr|ferliise}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|miste}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|pèrder}}, {{t+|oc|pèrdre}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|forlēosan}}
* Old Frisian: {{t|ofs|forliasa}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گم کردن|tr=gom kardan}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|perde}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gubić|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zgubić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|tracić|impf}}, {{t+|pl|stracić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perder}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|chinkay}}, {{t|qu|cinkai}}, {{t|qu|ograi}}, {{t|qu|chinkachiy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pierde}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|perder}}, {{t|rm|piarder}}, {{t|rm|pearder}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|теря́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|потеря́ть|pf}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|vāivai}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|peldere}}, {{t|sc|peldiri}}, {{t|sc|perdere}}, {{t|sc|perdiri}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|tyne}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|caill}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гу̀бити|impf}}, {{t|sh|изгу̀бити|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gùbiti|impf}}, {{t+|sh|izgùbiti|pf}}
* Seychellois Creole: {{t|crs|perdi}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|peddiri}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|strácať|impf}}, {{t|sk|stratiť|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|izgubiti|pf}}, {{t|sl|izgubljati|impf}}
* Somali: {{t|so|lumid}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|perder}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förlora}}, {{t+|sv|tappa bort}}, {{t+|sv|tappa}}, {{t+|sv|mista}}, {{t+|sv|bliva av med}}, {{t|sv|varda av med}}
* Sylheti: {{t|syl|ꠀꠞꠣꠘꠤ}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|гум кардан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|தொலை}}, {{t+|ta|இழ}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|югалту}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|కోల్పోవు}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|lakon}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เสีย}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|བརླགས}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|lusim}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|mole}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kaybetmek}}, {{t+|tr|yitirmek}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýitirmek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|втрача́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|втра́тити|pf}}, {{t|uk|губи́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|загуби́ти|pf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کھونا|tr=khonā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|يوقالماق}}, {{t|ug|يوقاتماق}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yoʻqotmoq}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|pèrdar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mất}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|piede}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|colli}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|ferlieze}}
* White Hmong: {{t-needed|mww}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַרלירן}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(transitive) fail to win}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|خَسِرَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|خسر|tr=ḵisir}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պարտվել}}, {{qualifier|colloquially}} {{t+|hy|կրվել}}
* Assamese:
*: Central: {{t|as|হাৰা}}
*: Eastern: {{t|as|হৰা}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|perder}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|uduzmaq}}, {{t|az|məğlub olmaq}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|galdu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|прагу́льваць|impf}}, {{t|be|прагуля́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|прайграва́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|прайгра́ць|pf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হারা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|загу́бвам|impf}}, {{t+|bg|гу́бя|impf}}, {{t|bg|загу́бя|pf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ရှုံး}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|perdre}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|輸|tr=syu1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|輸|tr=shū}}
* Chuukese: {{t|chk|kuf}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|prohrávat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|prohrát|pf}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tabe}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verliezen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hävitä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perdre}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|perder}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|verlieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ηττώμαι}}, {{t+|el|χάνω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|הפסיד|tr=hifsíd}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|खोना}}, {{t+|hi|हारना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|veszít}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|tapa}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|perdar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kalah}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perdere}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|負ける|tr=まける, makeru}}, {{t+|ja|敗北|tr=はいぼくする, haiboku suru|alt=敗北する}}
* Kashmiri: {{t|ks|ہارُن|tr=hārun}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ចាញ់}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|지다}}, {{t+|ko|패배하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دۆڕاندن}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ແພ້}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|āmittō}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|zaudēt}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|губи|impf}}, {{t|mk|изгуби|pf}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|हार्नु}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|tape}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|باختن|tr=bâxtan}}
* Pohnpeian: {{t|pon|luhs}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przegrywać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|przegrać|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perder}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|chinkachiy}}, {{t|qu|cinkai}}, {{t|qu|ograi}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pierde}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прои́грывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|проигра́ть|pf}},
* Samoan: {{t|sm|faia'ina}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|loss}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гу̀бити|impf}}, {{t|sh|изгу̀бити|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gùbiti|impf}}, {{t+|sh|izgùbiti|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prehrávať|impf}}, {{t|sk|prehrať|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|izgubljati|impf}}, {{t+|sl|izgubiti|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|perder}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förlora}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|бохтан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|தோல்}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|lakon}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แพ้}}, {{t+|th|พ่าย|tr=pâai}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཤོར}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|foʻi}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yenilmek}}, {{t+|tr|yitmek}}, {{t+|tr|kaybetmek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|програва́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|програ́ти|pf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کھونا|tr=khonā}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|pèrdar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thua}}
* White Hmong: {{t-needed|mww}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
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{{trans-top|shed (weight)}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|galdu}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|減|tr=gaam2}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|減|tr=jiǎn}}, {{t+|cmn|減肥|tr=jiǎnféi}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ztratit}}, {{t+|cs|shodit}}, {{t+|cs|zhubnout}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tabe}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|afvallen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[pudottaa]] ([[painoa]])}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perdre}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|perder}}
* German: {{t+|de|verlieren}}, {{t+|de|abnehmen}} {{gloss|body weight}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χάνω}}, {{t+|el|αδυνατίζω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perdere}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|痩せる|tr=やせる, yaseru}} {{qualifier|lose weight, become thin}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|여위다}}, {{t|ko|[[살]][[-이]] [[빠지다]]}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|amitto}}, {{t|la|perdo}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perder}}, {{t+|pt|emagrecer}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[сбро́сить]] ([[вес]])|pf}}; {{t+|ru|худе́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|похуде́ть|pf|lit=become slim}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|tyne}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|schudnúť}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|izgubiti}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|perder}}, {{t|es|[[bajar]] ([[de]] [[peso]])}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tappa}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ลด}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|zayıflamak}}, {{t+|tr|kilo vermek}}, {{t|tr|kilo kaybetmek}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|pèrdar}}
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{{trans-top|have (somebody of one's kin) die}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|فَقَدَ}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হারানো}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гу́бя|impf}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verliezen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|menettää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perdre}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|peder}}
* German: {{t+|de|verlieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χάνω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perdere}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|amitto}}, {{t|la|perdo}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|از دست دادن|tr=az dast dâdan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|tracić|impf}}, {{t+|pl|stracić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perder}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|теря́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|потеря́ть|pf}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|loss}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|izgubiti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förlora}}, {{t+|sv|mista}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|mamatayan}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|కోల్పోవు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เสีย}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mất}}, {{t+|vi|băng hà}}
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{{trans-top|be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|galdu}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হারানো}}, {{t|bn|হারিয়ে ফেলা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|губя|impf|alt=гу́бя се}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kadottaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perdre}}
* German: {{t+|de|verlieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χάνω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perdere}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|amitto}}, {{t|la|perdo}}, {{t|la|deerro}}, {{t|la|ero via}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zgubić|pf}}, {{t|pl|zapodziać|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|perder de vista}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|теря́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|потеря́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|нерадеть|impf}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|tyne}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tappa bort}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|หลง}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kaybetmek}}, {{t+|tr|gözden kaçırmak}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|pèrdar}}
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{{trans-top|informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[ottaa]] [[pois]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|enlever}}, {{t+|fr|retirer}}
* German: {{t+|de|loswerden}}, {{t+|de|weglassen}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|زدودن|tr=zodudan}}, {{t|fa|دور انداختن|tr=dur andâxtan}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|tyne}}
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{{trans-top|fail to be the winner}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|خَسِرَ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|perder}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|galdu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|прайграва́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|прайгра́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|прага́дваць|impf}}, {{t|be|прагада́ць|pf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হারা}}, {{t|bn|হেরে যাওয়া}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|загу́бвам|impf}}, {{t|bg|загу́бя|pf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|perdre}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|輸|tr=shū}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|prohrát}}, {{t+|cs|prohrávat|impf}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verliezen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hävitä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perdre}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|perder}}
* German: {{t+|de|verlieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ηττώμαι}}, {{t+|el|χάνω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|להפסיד|tr=lehaf'sid}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|veszít}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perdere}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|負ける|tr=まける, makeru}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|지다}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|āmittō}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|baa honinééh}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przegrywać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|przegrać|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perder}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прои́грывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|проигра́ть|pf}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|loss}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prehrať}}, {{t|sk|prohrávať|impf}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|izgubiti}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|perder}}, {{t+|es|fracasar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förlora}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|ఓడిపోవు}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kaybetmek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|програва́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|програ́ти|pf}}, {{t|uk|прога́дувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|прогада́ти|pf}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|pèrdar}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|잃다}}, {{t+check|ko|잊다}}, {{t+check|ko|줄다}} {{q|3}}
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===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|en|praise}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{alt form|en|loos||praise; fame; reputation}}.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=elos|EOLs|ESOL|Elos|LEOs|Leos|OELs|Sole|elos|leos|selo|sloe|sole}}

{{cln|en|calculator words|irregular verbs}}

==Alemannic German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gsw|gmh|losen}}, from {{inh|gsw|goh|hlosēn}}, from {{inh|gsw|gem-pro|*hlusēną}}. Cognate with {{cog|en|listen}}; see there for more.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gsw|/ˈlozə/|/ˈlɔzə/|a=Zurich}}

===Verb===
{{gsw-verb|loset|gloset}}

# to [[hear]], [[listen]]
#* {{quote-text|gsw|year=1903|author=w:Robert Walser|title=Der Teich
|passage=I ha allwäg nüt anders z'mache, als nume uf dini Chlage z’'''lose'''.|t=I never have to do anything but '''listen''' to your complaints.}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|osɛ}}
* {{hyphenation|cs|lo|se}}

===Noun===
{{head|cs|noun form}}

# {{infl of|cs|los||voc|s}}
#* {{quote-book|cs|year=1874|editor=František Vymazal|title=Slovanská poezije|chapter=Písně běloruské|page=236|publisher=Matice moravská|location=Brno|url=https://books.google.cz/books?id=US5IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=%22lose%22#v=onepage&q=%22lose%22&f=false|passage=„A což ty, '''lose''', což ty nebohý,<br/>Tak k dědině přivykáš?<br/>A což ty, '''lose''', což ty nebohý,<br/>Zimičku lichou předvídáš?“|translation=}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|cs|Elso}}
* {{l|cs|osel}}
* {{l|cs|osle}}
* {{l|cs|selo}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ˈloːzə/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|de|goh|lōs}}. Cognate with {{cog|en|loose}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|de|los||also a distinct word, but not separable in many contexts}}

====Adjective====
{{de-adj|comp}}

# [[loose]], [[slack]]
#: {{uxi|de|Die Schraube muss nachgezogen werden; sie ist etwas '''lose'''.|The screw needs to be tightened; it is a bit '''loose'''.}}

=====Declension=====
{{de-adecl|comp}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|de|losen||1|s|pres|;|1//3|s|sub|I|;|s|imp}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Verb===
{{nn-verb-12}}

# {{alt sp|nn|lóse}}
# {{alt sp|nn|lòse}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Noun===
{{sh-noun-form}}

# {{inflection of|sh|los||voc|s}}

==Slovene==

===Noun===
{{head|sl|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|sl|los||acc|p}}