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”

fail to win

• “We lost the battle but we won the war”

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”

place (something) where one cannot find it again

• “I misplaced my eyeglasses”

miss from one''s possessions; lose sight of

• “I”

allow to go out of sight

• “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”

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”

fail to get or obtain

• “I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad”

retreat

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”

be set at a disadvantage

• “This author really suffers in translation”