LOSE vs ABANDON: NOUN
- The act of losing; loss.
- Great enthusiasm or lack of restraint.
- Abandonment to naturalness of action or manner; freedom from constraint or conventionality; dash.
- The act of giving up or relinquishing; abandonment.
- Abandonment; relinquishment.
- A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
- The trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry
- A feeling of extreme emotional intensity
LOSE vs ABANDON: VERB
- Be set at a disadvantage
- Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- Fail to win
- Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- Fail to get or obtain
- Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- Retreat
- Place (something) where one cannot find it again
- Allow to go out of sight
- Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- Leave behind empty; move out of
- Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.
- Forsake, leave behind
- Give up with the intent of never claiming again
- To surrender to the insurer the insured item, so as to claim a total loss.
LOSE vs ABANDON: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To be outdistanced by.
- To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.
- To be defeated.
- To suffer loss.
- To cause to be damned.
- To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive.
- To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
- To elude or outdistance.
- To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay.
- To be deprived of (something one has had).
- To be left alone or desolate because of the death of.
- To be unable to keep alive.
- To be unable to keep control or allegiance of.
- To fail to win; fail in.
- To fail to use or take advantage of.
- To fail to hear, see, or understand.
- To cause or result in the loss of.
- To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
- To rid oneself of.
- To consume aimlessly; waste.
- To wander from or become ignorant of.
- To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
- N/A
LOSE vs ABANDON: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.
- To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
- Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
- To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
- To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
- To cease trying to continue; desist from.
- To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely: : relinquish.
- To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat.
- To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert.
LOSE vs ABANDON: ADVERB
- N/A
- Freely; entirely.
LOSE vs ABANDON: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Fail to make money in a business
- Lose sight of
- Miss from one's possessions
- Fail to keep or to maintain
- Withdraw, as from reality
- Allow to go out of sight or mind
- To succumb; fail; suffer by comparison.
- To incur forfeit in a contest; fail to win.
- To suffer loss or deprivation.
- To become abstracted or fall into a reverie; become absorbed in thought; lose consciousness, as in slumber.
- To be bewildered; have the thoughts or reason hopelessly perplexed or confused.
- Make a loss or fail to profit
- To displace, dislodge, or expel.
- To cause to miss or be deprived of; subject to the loss of: as, his slowness lost him the chance.
- To fail to profit by; miss the use, advantage, or enjoyment of; waste.
- To let slip or escape from observation, perception, etc.: as, I lost what he was saying, from inattention; we lost the ship in the fog.
- To fail to gain or win; fail to grasp or secure; miss; let slip: as, to lose an opportunity; to lose a prize, a game, or a battle.
- To fail to preserve or maintain: as, to lose one's reputation or reason; to lose credit.
- To cease to have; part with through change of condition or relations; be rid of or disengaged from.
- To be dispossessed, deprived, or bereaved of; be prevented or debarred from keeping, holding, or retaining; be parted from without wish or consent: as, to lose money by speculation; to lose blood by a wound; to lose one's hair by sickness; to lose a friend by death.
- To miss from present possession or knowledge; part with or be parted from by misadventure; fail to keep, as something that one owns, or is in charge of or concerned for, or would keep.
- To praise.
- A Middle English form of loose.
- To give over to ruin, disgrace, or shame: chiefly in the past participle.
- (idiom) (lose time) To delay advancement.
- (idiom) (lose time) To operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.
- (idiom) (lose out on) To miss (an opportunity, for example).
- (idiom) (lose it) To become less capable or proficient; decline.
- (idiom) (lose it) To become deranged or mentally disturbed.
- (idiom) (lose it) To become very angry or emotionally upset.
- Leave in the lurch
- Reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
- Leave behind empty
- Move out of
- Stop maintaining or insisting on
- In com., to relinquish to the underwriters all claim to, as to ships or goods insured, as a preliminary toward recovering for a total loss. See abandonment.
- To reject or renounce.
- To outlaw; banish; drive out or away.
- To relinquish the control of; yield up without restraint: as, he abandoned the city to the conqueror.
- To resign, forego, or renounce; relinquish all concern in: as, to abandon the cares of empire.
- To give up; cease to occupy one's self with; cease to use, follow, etc.: as, to abandon an enterprise; this custom was long ago abandoned.
- To detach or withdraw one's self from; leave.
- Of ideas or claims
LOSE vs ABANDON: RELATED WORDS
- Cede, Forfeited, Loss, Retain, Disappear, Deprive, Suffer, Squander, Fall back, Drop off, Fall behind, Recede, Mislay, Misplace, Miss
- Forego, Spurn, Renounce, Jettison, Unconstraint, Wildness, Desert, Desolate, Give up, Wantonness, Empty, Give, Lurch, Vacate, Forsake
LOSE vs ABANDON: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Forfeit, Forfeited, Loss, Retain, Disappear, Deprive, Suffer, Squander, Fall back, Drop off, Fall behind, Recede, Mislay, Misplace, Miss
- Forswear, Suspend, Reject, Eschew, Forego, Jettison, Desert, Desolate, Give up, Wantonness, Empty, Give, Lurch, Vacate, Forsake
LOSE vs ABANDON: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- It is obviously tragic enough to lose a breast due to cancer; it is a disaster to lose healthy breasts due to diagnostic error.
- When we lose someone, we lose them from all future moments, from all future holidays.
- Christians compromise with the world, if they lose their distinctive character, they lose their beneficial effect on the world.
- Any removed negative review is a good result: Even though you lose one review, you also lose the negative impact it causes.
- Tribes would continue to lose sales because, even with a credit, they would lose the tax advantage they were seeking.
- In other words, deliver value or you not only lose the plan participant, but you lose the client too.
- But to come out on top even if you lose, lose with grace, because you can still be a good person.
- This is a program for anyone that wants to lose weight, tone up, gain muscle or lose body fat.
- And when lizards lose their toes through evolution, they lose them in the reverse order.
- Worst case, you lose customer trust and maybe lose their business.
- God will not abandon us I feel sure.
- Carolina course will abandon overseeding after greens regrassed.
- Is It Time to Abandon Thanksgiving and Christmas?
- Quick to abandon regulations; impatient with repeated errors.
- Abandon all unnecessary possessions in your own home.
- Gates decides to abandon the colony for Newfoundland.
- You actively abandon something, you choose to abandon something.
- The function of the Abandon operation is to allow a client to request that the server abandon an uncompleted operation.
- We cannot and will not abandon you because Jesus promised never to abandon us.
- The first followers of Jesus immediately abandon their nets, and the sons of Zebedee not only abandon their nets, they also abandon their father.
LOSE vs ABANDON: QUESTIONS
- How long do animals lose consciousness during euthanasia?
- What causes teenagers to lose motivation in school?
- Can you lose weight with vibration plate exercises?
- How did Jacqueline Jossa lose weight during lockdown?
- How does trampoline exercise help astronauts lose weight?
- Do psyclobin mushrooms lose their potency over time?
- Do abdominal sweatbands really help you lose weight?
- Do Indians lose their temper with customer service?
- Why do pediculicides lose their effectiveness quickly?
- Why are some lose-lose situations preferable to win-losing situations?
- Why did Sweden abandon its nuclear weapons program?
- Are Theosophists ever ready to abandon their ideas?
- Did JetBlue abandon a wheelchair at Newark Airport?
- What percentage of consumers abandon their shopping carts?
- Should businesses abandon'the customer is always right'?
- Why did the Royalists abandon Haverfordwest Castle?
- When to abandon an emergency plastron appendicectomy?
- Why did the international community abandon Rwanda?
- Would you abandon elimination diets for pinnertest?
- Should the United States abandon extraterritoriality?