Fri Jul 21, 2006 16:45 pm Usage of 'lose' in various tenses |
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. It has the same meaning in any tense:
Lose = - allow to go out of sight - miss from one's possessions; lose sight of - fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense - fail to get or obtain - fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit - fail to win - suffer the loss of a person through death or removal - fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind - retreat - be set at a disadvantage - place (something) where one cannot find it again.
I lose/lost/have lost/will lose my money/my eyesight/the game/my sense of direction. . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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