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Meanings of the word LOSE - English lesson

Lose is a verb: lose / loses / losing / lost

 It can mean:

-not find: 'I've lost my keys.  Have you seen them?'

-have something/somebody taken away: 'I can tell I'm getting older because I'm starting to lose my hair!'

-have less: 'When I got sick, I lost interest in eating.'

-not win: 'It's too bad they lost the game.'

-not keep: 'That French expression loses something in translation.'

-waste time/opportunity: 'Hurry up!  There's no time to lose!'

-death: 'She's sad because she lost her mother recently.'

-be confused:  'I'm sorry, you've lost me.  Who is George again?'

 Phrases with lose:

lose consciousness = to become unconscious

lose face = to no longer impress people or be respected by them

lose ground = to become less popular or to be given less support

lose out = to not have an advantage that other people have

lose touch = to stop communicating with someone, usually because they do not live near you now

lose heart = to stop believing that you can succeed

lose it = to stop being able to control your emotions and suddenly start to shout, cry or laugh

lose your touch = If you lose your touch, you can no longer do something as well as you could before

lose sleep over/about something = to worry about something

lose your way = to no longer know what your aim or purpose is or what to do next

lose your temper = to suddenly become very angry

lose your bearings = If you lose your bearings, you do not know where you are

lose count = to not be able to remember how many times something has happened

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1. When the accident happened, she bumped her head and then she lost itlost consciousnesslost outI don't know.

2. He was so talented but he never realized his full potential. He obviously has lost his waylost countlost his temperI don't know.

3. Don't interrupt me or I'll lose countlose consciousnesslose outI don't know!

4. I know you're concerned about lostlosingloseI don't know your job, but you really shouldn't worry so much about it.

5. Mary, have you seen my keys? I've losedlostlosingI don't know them.

6. Dear, where are we? I'm all turned around and I've lost my bearingslost facelost heartI don't know. Did you make a wrong turn?

7. After he stole all of that money from the company, he really lost consciousnesslost facelost outI don't know and nobody will even look at him.

8. Getting your promotion is important but it's not worth losing sleep overlosing consciousnesslosing faceI don't know.

9. I've failed so many times at becoming a dentist that I'm beginning to lose consciousnesslose heartlose touchI don't know.

10. We were friends a long time ago, but we've lost heartlost consciousnesslost touchI don't know.

11. Years ago he was a brilliant painter, but recently he seems to have lost consciousnesslost touchlost his touchI don't know.

12. My boss always seems to lose consciousnesslose his temperlose heartI don't know. He needs to take a course in anger management.

13. The new food policy means that many more people will lose outlose facelose touchI don't know. There will be many more hungry people to feed.

14. If you do that again, I'm really going to loselose facelose consciousnessI don't know!