lose
Definitions
Verb
- Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- Fail to win
- Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- Place (something) where one cannot find it again
- Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- Allow to go out of sight
- Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- Fail to get or obtain
- Retreat
- Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- Be set at a disadvantage
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "lose".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | 1 | 234 |
| 2 | closed | 1 | 106 |
| 3 | closely | 2 | 66 |
| 4 | closer | 2 | 61 |
| 5 | lose | 1 | 58 |
| 6 | closet | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | loses | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | disclosed | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | enclosed | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | cellulose | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | closest | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | disclose | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | closes | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | close-up | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | closets | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | closeups | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | closeness | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | closeted | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | closeup | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | discloses | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | foreclosed | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | loser | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | losers | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | undisclosed | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | amiprilose | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | blose | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | closedown | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | closedowns | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | enclose | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | foreclose | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | forecloses | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | groseclose | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | klose | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | losec | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | losee | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | loseke | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | losers' | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | losey | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | malloseismic | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | milosevic | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | milosevic's | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | milosevich | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | nitrocellulose | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | sucralose | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "lose".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "lose".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "lose" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "lose" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "lose" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "lose".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | 1 | 676 |
| 2 | less | 1 | 437 |
| 3 | lost | 1 | 173 |
| 4 | list | 1 | 133 |
| 5 | loss | 1 | 86 |
| 6 | lest | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | lash | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | lush | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | lust | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | lisa | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | lass | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | last-minute | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | lise | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | liss | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | lase | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | lask | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | last's | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | lesa | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | lesh | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | lesi | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | lisa's | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | lish | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | lisi | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | lisk | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | lisp | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | list's | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | losh | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | loso | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | luse | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | lusk | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 44
Sound Alikes: 13
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 30
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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