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According to WordNet, the verb "lose" has 11 sense(s).

202288155 fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad".

202197091 allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light".

202127853 fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said".

201795082 suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her".

202287789 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat".

201113806 retreat.

201503101 place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses".

200204872 be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation".

201099592 fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war".

202287618 miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!".

202288828 fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year".

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