Lose vs. Misplace — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lose and Misplace
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Lose
Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something)
Linda was very upset about losing her job
I've lost my appetite
The company may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals
Misplace
To put into a wrong place
Misplace punctuation in a sentence.
Lose
Become unable to find (something or someone)
I've lost the car keys
Misplace
To mislay
I misplaced my wallet.
Lose
Fail to win (a game or contest)
They lost by one vote
England lost the first Test match
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Misplace
To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.
Lose
Earn less (money) than one is spending or has spent
The paper is losing £1.5 million a month
He lost heavily on box office flops
Misplace
(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.
I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?
Lose
Waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity)
The government lost no time in holding fresh elections
He has lost his chance of becoming world No. 1
Misplace
(figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately.
Lose
To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay
He's always losing his car keys.
Misplace
To put something in the wrong location.
Lose
To be deprived of (something one has had)
Lost her art collection in the fire.
Lost her job.
Misplace
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
Lose
To be left alone or desolate because of the death of
Lost his wife.
Misplace
To place in a location that one does not recall; to mislay; to lose.
Lose
To be unable to keep alive
A doctor who has lost very few patients.
Misplace
Place (something) where one cannot find it again;
I misplaced my eyeglasses
Lose
To be unable to keep control or allegiance of
Lost his temper at the meeting.
Is losing supporters by changing his mind.
Misplace
Place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position;
Misplaced modifiers
Lose
To fail to win; fail in
Lost the game.
Lost the court case.
Lose
To fail to use or take advantage of
Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
Lose
To fail to hear, see, or understand
We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
Lose
To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
Lose
To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
Lose
To rid oneself of
Lost five pounds.
Lose
To consume aimlessly; waste
Lost a week in idle occupations.
Lose
To wander from or become ignorant of
Lose one's way.
Lose
To elude or outdistance
Lost their pursuers.
Lose
To be outdistanced by
Chased the thieves but lost them.
Lose
To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
Lose
To cause or result in the loss of
Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
Lose
To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive
Both planes were lost in the crash.
Lose
To cause to be damned.
Lose
To suffer loss
Investors who lost heavily on the firm's stock.
Lose
To be defeated
Our team lost in overtime.
Lose
To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.
Lose
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
He lost his hearing in the explosion.
She lost her position when the company was taken over.
Lose
(transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.
He lost his spleen in a car wreck.
Lose
(transitive) To shed (weight).
I’ve lost five pounds this week.
Lose
(transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
She lost all her sons in the war.
Lose
(transitive) To give or owe (money) after losing a bet.
Lose
To be deprived of access to something.
Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
Lose
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
I lost my way in the forest.
Lose
(transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
We lost the football match.
You just lost The Game.
Lose
(transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
The policeman lost the robber he was chasing.
Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down.
Lose
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.
Lose
(transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
Lose
To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
When we get into the building, please lose the hat.
Lose
Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
My watch loses five minutes a week.
It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.
Lose
(ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
Lose
To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
I lost a part of what he said.
Lose
(obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.
Lose
To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
Fair Venus wept the sad disasterOf having lost her favorite dove.
Lose
To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?
Lose
Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.
Lose
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
He hath lost his fellows.
Lose
To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Lose
To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
Like following life thro' creatures you dissect,You lose it in the moment you detect.
Lose
To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
He shall in no wise lose his reward.
I fought the battle bravely which I lost,And lost it but to Macedonians.
Lose
To cause to part with; to deprive of.
How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
Lose
To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.
In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads.
Lose
To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
We 'll . . . hear poor roguesTalk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out.
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
Lose
Fail to win;
We lost the battle but we won the war
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
Lose
Place (something) where one cannot find it again;
I misplaced my eyeglasses
Lose
Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of;
I've lost my glasses again!
Lose
Allow to go out of sight;
The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
Lose
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
The company has not profited from the merger
Lose
Fail to get or obtain;
I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
Lose
Retreat
Lose
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
Lose
Be set at a disadvantage;
This author really suffers in translation
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