| forfeit | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. forfeit, forfeiture | something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. |
| ~ loss | something that is lost.; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt" |
| n. (possession) | 2. forfeit, forfeiture | a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something.; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" |
| ~ penalty | a payment required for not fulfilling a contract. |
| n. (act) | 3. forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice | the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| v. (possession) | 4. forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive | lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ lapse | let slip.; "He lapsed his membership" |
| adj. | 5. confiscate, forfeit, forfeited | surrendered as a penalty. |
| ~ lost | not gained or won.; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" |
| lose | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. lose | 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" |
| ~ white-out, whiteout | lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain. |
| ~ sleep off | get rid of by sleeping.; "sleep off a hangover" |
| v. (competition) | 2. lose | fail to win.; "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| ~ go down | be defeated.; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" |
| ~ drop | lose (a game).; "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13" |
| ~ remain down, take the count | be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten. |
| ~ drop one's serve | lose a game in which one is serving. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. lose | 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" |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| v. (contact) | 4. lose, mislay, misplace | place (something) where one cannot find it again.; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (possession) | 5. lose | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of.; "I've lost my glasses again!" |
| ~ forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally.; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" |
| v. (perception) | 6. lose | allow to go out of sight.; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" |
| v. (possession) | 7. lose, turn a loss | 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" |
| v. (possession) | 8. lose | fail to get or obtain.; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" |
| v. (competition) | 9. drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede | retreat. |
| ~ retrogress, regress, retrograde | get worse or fall back to a previous condition. |
| v. (perception) | 10. lose, miss | 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" |
| ~ overlook | look past, fail to notice. |
| v. (change) | 11. lose, suffer | be set at a disadvantage.; "This author really suffers in translation" |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| ~ suffer | get worse.; "His grades suffered" |
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