Are you trying to hyphenate lose? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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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 |
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Fail to win We lost the battle but we won the war |
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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 |
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Place (something) where one cannot find it again I misplaced my eyeglasses |
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Miss from one's possessions Lose sight of I've lost my glasses again! |
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Allow to go out of sight The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light |
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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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Fail to get or obtain I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad |
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Retreat |
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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 |
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Be set at a disadvantage This author really suffers in translation |