books go missing from the library.
lost /It)st|b:st/ [adj] if something is lost, no-one knows where it is: Divers are searching for the plane's lost flight recorder I Have you seen my calcula tor? I hope it isn t lost. get lost I never received your parcel. It must have got lost in the mail.
disappear/dis9pi9r [u fj if something or someone disappears, they cannot be found and you think they may have been stolen or may be in danger: / left my purse here a moment ago, and now it's completely disappeared. I The girl was wearing a red coat when she disappeared.
El
RJ when you do not win in a game, argument, or war
opposite win ^ see also sport, fight, war
lose lu:z [u I/T] to lose a game, competition. fight, or war: I always lose when I play tennis with my sister. lose a game/jight/electLon etc Everyone expected Truman to lose the election, lose to sb (=be beaten by a person, team etc) England lost to Brazil in the final. lose by 1 goal/10 votes/20 points etc In
the end, we only lost by one point! losing - lost - have lost
be beaten bi: binn to lose a game, competition, or race: The Yankees were beaten yesterday in an exciting game against the Red Sox. + by She reached the final, where she was beaten by Steffi Graf.
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be defeated /hi: defied/ to lose an important or difficult battle, election, or game: The king's army was defeated and he was taken prisoner. + by Last night England was defeated by a superior Brazilian team, be heavily defeated (»be very badly defeated) Jimmy Carter was heavily defeated in the 1980 presidential election.
Be defeated is more formal than be | beaten
defeat drfiit [n C/U] when a person, team, or army is defeated in a game, competition, election, battle etc + of the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo a crushing/humiliating defeat (=when you are very badly defeated) This result represents a humiliating defeat for the President.
surrender /чэ'гегк1эг/ [у I] to officially announce that you want to stop fighting in a war because you know that you cannot win: Finally, after months of fighting, the enemy surrendered. + to In May 1945, Germany surrendered
to the Allied Forces.
EJ someone who loses in a game, competition etc
loser /'!u:zpr/ |n C] the person or group that has lost a game, competition, or election: The losers walked slowly off the field. I There was a silver cup for the winners, and medals for the losers.
Hto no longer have something important
lose /lu:z/ [u T) to no longer have something important or valuable, such as your job or your home, because it has been destroyed or taken away from you: Thousands of peopfe lost their homes in the earthquake. I I'll lose my job if the factory closes. I Another bank closed, and thousands of people lost their savings.
losing - lost - have lost
LOSE
Cost lcDst|lo:st/ [и T] if a mistake, accident etc costs you something important such as your job or your health, you lose that important thing because of it cost sb sth Another mistake like that could cost you your job. I All this delay has cost the company an important contract.
costing - cost - have cost
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LOST
when you do not know where you
are
^ see also find
Kfl to be lost
be lost bi: lDst||-'b:st to not know where you are, or not know the way to the place that you want to go to: Excuse me. I'm lost Which way is the station? I Eventually the children realized they were lost.
not know where you are /not пэо
,we3r ju: 'a:r if you do not know where you are, you do not recognize the place that you are in: I really don't know where we are - let's have a look at the map. I He was so drunk he didn 't know where he was.
El to become lost
get lost /.get lDSt||-'b:st/ I'll give you a map so that you don't get lost. I Sorry we're so late. We got lost.
lose your way /,lu:z jo:r wei/ if you lose
your way. you go in the wrong direction or take the wrong road when you are trying to go somewhere: The climbers had lost their way in the dark. I // you lose your way, just stop and ask someone.
LOT
m see also enough/not enough, few,
little/not much
II a large number of people or things
a lot of э lot Dv|-'la:t-/ [quantifierj а large number of people or things: There were a lot of words that I didn't understand. I A lot of students have weekend jobs.
a lot more She has a lot more problems than you have.
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quite a lot of (=a fairly large number) There are quite a lot of computers in the school.
a lot I was surprised that so few people went to the concert - I thought there'd be a lot.
lots of lots nv|| loits- [quantifier] informal a lot of people or things: I ve inv\ted lots of people. ! We went to lots of interesting places.
many mem [quantifierJ a lot of people or things - use this especially in questions and negatives: Did you get many Christmas cards this year9 I There will be rain in many parts of the country overnight.
not many Not many people survived the crash.
too many There are too many cars on the road.
for many years She worked as a reporter on CBS news for many years, many of (=many among a larger number) Many of the houses were over 100 years old.