Best and Lose

Best

Best verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts

Lose is an antonym for best in defeat topic.

Lose

Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.

Best is an antonym for lose.

Nearby Words: loser, losing

Common collocations

respect best respect lose respect
amount best amount lose amount

Both words in one sentence

  • Sports-based Japanese animation is structured around Team Spirit and effort, and writers do their best to stay true to that and let the weaker team lose.
  • His Let's Play of Eversion is his best example of pretending to lose his sanity due to the game's Nightmare Fuel.
  • So he thinks that people only cares for him due to his piloting skills, so he HAS to be the best or he will lose his new father and be alone again.
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