lose
US /luz/
・UK /lu:z/
A1
verb
- To be unable to keep in check or control something
- To decrease in value or quantity (e.g. weight)
- To stop having certain qualities or abilities
- To stop having or being entitled to
- To fail to win something that is being contested
- To be unable to find something you once had
- To be dependent on someone (used with 'not')
Examples
We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
This is a game that Lazio cannot afford to lose.