## Meanings
1. To stop having something, often by accident.
2. To be beaten in a game, competition, or argument.
3. To be unable to find your way or to find something.
4. To no longer be able to follow or see someone or something.

## Examples
- If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
- The team scored four goals but still managed to lose.
- I lost my way in the forest.
- The police lost the robber they were chasing.

## Synonyms
- forlese
- mislay

## Antonyms
- acquire
- discover
- find
- gain
- get
- possess
- procure
- receive
- snag
- win

## Derived Forms
- lorel
- lose-lose
- losingly
- no-lose
- nonlosing
- unlose

## Related Forms
- losel
- loser
- loss
- steal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *lewh₁-
- Root: losen
- Root: losian
- Root: *losōn
- Root: *lusōną
- Root: *lusą

## Etymology
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 /oʊ~əʊ/ that would be expected from Early Modern /ɔː/) is due to conflation with loose.

## AI Etymology
Lose comes 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 /oʊ~əʊ/ that would be expected from Early Modern /ɔː/) is due to conflation with loose. In present-day English its meanings include to stop having something, often by accident, to be beaten in a game, competition, or argument, and to be unable to find your way or to find something. The historical chain runs through *lewh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), losen (Middle English), losian (Old English), *losōn (Proto-West Germanic), and *lusōną (Proto-Germanic). Related and derived forms include losel, loser, loss, and lorel.

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