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losing en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• /ˈluːzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈluzɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That loses or has lost.
   • Being on the losing team is disappointing.

Deriveds

losing hazard · losing streak · losingest · fight a losing battle · on a losing wicket · losing line · not win for losing

losing en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• /ˈluːzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈluzɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Meanings

1. The process by which something is lost; a loss.
   • We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only. 1842, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 339:

Forms

losing en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• /ˈluːzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈluzɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of lose
   form of lose

losing en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Meanings

1. (Early, Modern, alt-of) Early Modern form of lozenge.
   alt of lozenge

Forms