Synonym: fail, flop, forfeit, mislay, misplace, sacrifice. Antonym: find, gain, win. Similar words: close, closet, closer, closest, closely, close in, close up, close down. Meaning: [luːz] 
v. 1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense 2. fail to win 3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal 4. place (something) where one cannot find it again 5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of 6. allow to go out of sight 7. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit 8. fail to get or obtain 9. retreat 10. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind 11. be set at a disadvantage.
v. 1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense 2. fail to win 3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal 4. place (something) where one cannot find it again 5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of 6. allow to go out of sight 7. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit 8. fail to get or obtain 9. retreat 10. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind 11. be set at a disadvantage. 
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211. Why don't you take the job? You've got nothing to lose.
212. Banks will lose millions of pounds because of new legislation.
213. I can finish the work by next month at a push, but that would mean I must lose my holiday.
214. We do not want to lose the goodwill built up over 175 years.
215. At least 600 staff will lose their jobs if the firm closes.
216. If I lose my job, I'll have nothing to fall back on.
217. The new tax means that the vast majority of pensioners will lose out.
218. No matter what your age, you can lose weight by following this program.
219. With my luck, I'd lose if I backed the only horse in a one horse race.
220. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.
221. It wasn't a conscious decision to lose weight. It just happened.
222. Well, I thought, I've already lost half my job, I might as well go the whole hog and lose it completely.
223. If the worst comes to the worst and you lose your job, at least I will still be working.
224. I was losing weight which I could ill afford to lose.
225. There are some big disadvantages to marriage - you do lose a lot of your freedom.
226. I tried hard not to lose a word of his lecture.
227. The whole point about dancing is to stop thinking and lose all your inhibitions.
228. I can affirm that no one will lose their job.
229. In the final straight Meyers stumbled[sentencedict.com], and although he didn't fall it was enough to lose him first place.
230. A diet to lose weight relies on calorie restriction in order to obtain results.
231. You lose a point if you do not complete the puzzle on time.
232. I've limited myself to 1 000 calories a day to try and lose weight.
233. In the animal kingdom intruders usually lose contests over territories.
234. Women often lose confidence when they stop work to have a baby.
235. We lose a few skin cells every time we wash our hands.
236. I knew that if I didn't make a note I would lose the thought so I asked to borrow a pen or pencil.
237. Should you lose your ticket call collect on STA's helpline.
238. There'sa danger of the government falling because it will lose its majority.
239. Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement.
240. He had turned forty and was beginning to lose his hair.