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*She probably won't lend you her car, but you've got nothing to lose by asking.* (=if she refuses, you won't be in a worse position than if you hadn't asked) $\rightarrow$ opposite KEEP **5** $ [I (by, to); T] $ to fail to win; be unsuccessful in (a game, competition etc): *England lost the match against Brazil. | They lost to Brazil by two goals. | To lose an argument* $\rightarrow$ opposite WIN **6** $[T]$ to have less of: *The aircraft began to lose height. | He's lost a lot of weight. | She's losing a lot of blood; we must get her to hospital straightaway.* $\rightarrow$ opposite GAIN **7** $[I; T(on)]$ to have less (money) than when one started: *We lost (a lot of money) on that job.* $\rightarrow$ opposite MAKE **8** $[T]$ to wander unintentionally away from; fail to find (one's way): *We lost our way and had to ask a policeman.* **9** $[T]$ to (cause to) fail to hear, see, or understand: *Most of what she said was lost in the din. | He sped off, and became lost to view behind some trees.* | (*infml*) *I'm sorry, you've lost me: could you explain that again?* **10** $[T]$ to fail to use; waste: *The doctor lost no time in getting the sick man to a hospital.* **11** $[T(in)]$ to give all (one's) attention to something so as not to notice anything else; IMMERSE: *He lost himself in the book / in his work.* **12** $[T]$ to confuse (oneself), especially so as not to remember what one was going to do or say next: *I lost myself in the middle of trying to explain, so I had to start again.* **13** $[I; T]$ (of a watch or clock) to work too slowly (by an amount of time): *This watch loses (50 minutes a day).* $\rightarrow$ opposite GAIN; see CLOCK (USAGE) **14 lose one's heart (to)** to fall in love (with): *She lost her heart to a sailor from Bristol.* **15 lose one's shirt** *AmE infml* to lose everything one owns: *He lost his shirt in a bad business deal.* **16 lose sight of** to fail to consider; forget: *In the heat of the argument we mustn't lose sight of our main objective.* $\rightarrow$ see also LOST**lose out** *phr v* [I] **1 [(on)]** to make a loss, often large (from something): *The firm lost out (on the deal).* **2 [(to)]** to be defeated or receive less favourable treatment: *The tax cuts are good news for the rich, but the poor lose out again. | The small companies are losing out to the big multinationals because of fierce competition.***Lose-ley** /'ləuzli/ *trademark* a BRAND (=type) of good quality ice cream made by the British company Loseley
**los·er** /'lu:zə**r**/ $n$ **1** a person who loses: *There was a silver cup for the winner, and medals for the losers. | A good loser is somebody who doesn't get upset if he or she loses.* **2** *derog* a person who is unsuccessful in life, especially because of lack of personal qualities; a failure: *I'm a born loser.***Lo·sey, Joseph** /'ləusi/ (1909-84), a US film DIRECTOR, who was prevented from working in Hollywood during the anti-Communist time of Senator Joseph McCarthy. He went to Britain where at first he worked under another name. His films included *The Criminal* (1962), *The Servant* (1963), *Accident* (1967) and *The Go-Between* (1971).**loss** /lɒs||lɔ:s/ $n$ **1** [C;U] the act or an example of losing or failing to keep something: *Did you report the loss of your jewellery to the police? | The vehicle developed a loss of power. | We all expressed our condolences on his great loss.* (=the death of someone close to him) | *She's moved to another job; it's a great loss to our firm. | The British forces suffered heavy losses* (=many soldiers were killed) *on the first day of the battle.* **2** [C] the amount by which the cost of an article or business operation is greater than the income it produces: *a (net) loss of over £2 million | The company has made big losses this year.* (=has spent a lot more money than it has made) **3 at a loss: a)** at a price lower than the original cost **b)** uncertain what to do, think, or say; confused: *I was at a loss for words when she told me the news.* $\rightarrow$ see also DEAD LOSS **4 cut your losses** if a business or person cuts their losses, they stop doing something that is making them lose money in order to prevent the situation from becoming any worse: *Nobody in America wanted to buy the film, so the only solution was to cut their losses and sell to television. | The store was imaginatively designed, but it did not attract enough customers, so Smiths quickly cut its losses and closed it.*
**'loss ad,juster** $n$ a person employed by an insurance company to value losses and settle claims**'loss ,leader** $n$ an article sold at a low price in order to attract people into a shop
**lost** /lɒst||lɔ:st/ *adj* **1** that cannot be found by the owner: *a lost dog | lost keys* **2** [F] unable to find the way: *I got lost in the snow.* **3** no longer possessed or existing: *one's lost youth | a lost art* **4** not used, obtained, or won: *a lost chance / opportunity* **5** [F] destroyed, ruined, killed, drowned etc: *The boat and all its men were lost at sea.* **6** [F+to] not noticing: *He was reading his book, completely lost to the world.* **7** [F+on, upon] having no influence or effect on: *Good advice is lost on him.* **8 get lost** *slang* (used for telling people forcefully to go away): *He tried to introduce himself, but she told him to get lost.***,lost 'cause** $n$ something which has no chance of success: *Give up that idea - it's a lost cause.*
**,Lost Gene'ration, the 1** the young men who were killed in World War I, who could have been successful in art, science, literature etc **2** all the people who became adults during or just after World War I, and who suffered great social and emotional disadvantages as a result **3** a group of US writers who grew up during World War I, such as Ernest HEMINGWAY and F. Scott FITZGERALD, and who went to live in Paris in the 1920s**,lost 'property** $n$ [U] articles found in public places because people have forgotten them, which are collected and kept in a special place (**lost property office** *BrE* $\mid\mid$ **lost-and-found (office)** *AmE*) to which people who have lost something can go in the hope of getting it back**lot$^{1}$** /lɒt||lɔ:t/ $n$ **1** [C(of)] *also pl.* - a great quantity, number, or amount: *A lot of people / Lots of people came to the party. | She's got lots (and lots) of money. | I've got a lot (of work) to do. | They gave us lots to eat. | What a lot of food there is!* $\rightarrow$ compare PLENTY; see MANY (USAGE), MORE$^{2}$ (USAGE) **2** [the+sing./pl. v] the whole quantity, number, or amount: *Give me the lot.* (=all of it or all of them) | *The whole lot of you are mad!* **3** [C+sing./pl. v] a group or set of people or things of the same type; an amount of a substance or material: *Another lot of students is/are arriving soon. | This wine's no good but the next lot may be better.* **4 a fat lot** *infml none at all: A fat lot you care!* (=you don't care at all) | *We tried to make him change his mind, but a fat lot of good it did us!* **5 a lot/** (*infml*) **lots** (especially in comparisons) much; a great deal: *This is a lot better. | This is lots more interesting.* **6 Thanks a lot!** Thank you very much!: *‘I posted your letters.’ ‘Thanks a lot.’* (used to mean the opposite): *‘I forgot to bring your money.’ ‘Oh, thanks a lot!’***lot$^{2}$** $n$ **1** [C] an article or a number of articles sold together, especially at an AUCTION sale: *Lot 49, a fine old silver cigarette case.* $\rightarrow$ see also JOB LOT **2** [C] *especially AmE* an area of land, especially one for a particular purpose such as for building or parking cars on: *playing on an empty lot* $\rightarrow$ see also PARKING LOT **3** [C] a film STUDIO (=a building in which films are made) and the ground surrounding it **4** [C] any of a set of objects of different sizes or with different markings used for making a choice or decision by chance: *The children drew lots* (=chose such objects one by one) *to see who would go first.* **5** [U] the use of such objects to make a choice or decision: *The winner was chosen by lot.* $\rightarrow$ see also LOTTERY **6** [S] *fml or lit* the quality or manner of a person's life, regarded as something that cannot be changed or avoided; fortune; fate: *Learn to be content with your lot (in life).*
**LOT** /lɒt||lɔ:t/ *trademark* a Polish AIRLINE**loth** /ləuθ/ *adj* [F+to-v] LOATH
**Lo·tha·ri·o** /lə'θeəriəu||-'θer-/ $n$ *lit or humor* a man whose main interest is in having sex with as many women as possible without having a serious relationship with any of them: *the office Lothario***Lo·thi·an** /'ləuðiən/ a former REGION in southeast Scotland, which contains the city of Edinburgh. In 1996 Lothian was divided into East Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, and West Lothian.**lo·tion** /'ləuʃən/ $n$ [C;U] a liquid mixture, used on the skin or hair, e.g. to make it clean and healthy or less painful: *Put some lotion on your sunburn. | baby lotion | sun-tan lotion***,Lot's 'wife** in the Old Testament of the Bible, a woman who was turned into a PILLAR (=a tall upright block) of salt by God, because she disobeyed his command not to look back when she and her family were escaping from Sodom, the city that God was going to destroy $\rightarrow$ see also SODOM AND GOMORRAH**lot·te·ry** /'lɒtəri||'lɑ:-/ $n$ **1** [C] a system in which many numbered tickets are sold, some of which are later chosen
