Lose and Select

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Lose

Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
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Select is an antonym for lose.
Nearby Words: loser, losing

Select

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
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Lose is an antonym for select in pick out topic.
Nearby Words: selection, selected, selective, selecting, selector
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Common collocations

ability lose ability select ability
part lose part select part
way lose way select way
game lose game select game
Other words: items, times, skills, powers, weapons, abilities.

Both words in one sentence

  • Loads and Loads of Loading Street Fighter IV (at least the PS3 version) doesn't have that long loading times, but in the arcade mode, you're required to re-select a character each time you lose and select "continue".
    Source: Loads and Loads of Loading
  • Harder Than Hard The game's difficulty select lists off every advantage and disadvantage you get on each level; the Purist level is a list of everything you lose, ending with "Just a crosshair".
    Source: Harder Than Hard
  • No-Gear Level Every Tomb Raider game does this at some point or other, to varying degrees (in some you lose your weapons but keep ammo and other items, in others you lose just about everything, and in a select few, you play a level or two where weaponry is simply not available).
    Source: No-Gear Level
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