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- Dictionarylosing/ˈluːzɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest: "the losing side"
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The meaning of LOSING is resulting in or likely to result in defeat. How to use losing in a sentence.
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Define losing. losing synonyms, losing pronunciation, losing translation, English dictionary definition of losing. adj. 1. Failing to win, as in a sport or game: a losing team; a losing lottery ticket. 2. Of or relating to one that fails to win: a losing season; a losing...
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Losing a child is not like other losses of loved ones. In recent years, it was losing tens of millions of dollars a year. Keeping poor performance a secret from employees is always a losing game. And too many consumers are losing as a result. Over the past couple of years, the company has been losing droves of customers and lots of money.
lose sth to sb The business began to lose clients to the new supermarket. The organization has lost the finest director it has ever had. Homeowners technically could still lose their homes over unpaid rent .
[transitive] lose something/somebody to have something/somebody taken away from you, especially as a result of an accident, dying, etc. She lost a leg in a car crash. Some families lost everything (= all they owned) in the flood. She lost her baby (= had a miscarriage) three months into the pregnancy.
to come to be without, as through accident:[~ + object] They lost all their belongings in the storm. to fail to keep, as by accident, usually temporarily:[~ + object] I just lost a dime under this sofa. to suffer the taking away of:[~ + object] to lose one's job.
Losing definition: Failing to win, as in a sport or game.