To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
I lost my way in the forest.
To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).
A surname from German.
From Middle English losen, from Old English losian, from Proto-West Germanic *losōn, from Proto-Germanic *lusōną, *luzōną, from Proto-Germanic *lusą. The modern pronunciation with /uː/ (instead of the...
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We lost the football match.