Lose and Win

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Lose

Lose verb - To fail to win, gain, or obtain.
Usage example: if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs
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Win is an antonym for lose in topics: escape, mislay, be defeated.
Nearby Words: loser, losing

Win

Win verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).
Usage example: the kind of person who always has to win—even if the game is just for fun
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Lose is an antonym for win in topics: beat, succeed, achieve.
Nearby Words: winning, winner, wining
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Common collocations

respect lose respect win respect
match lose match win match
race lose race win race
point lose point win point
Other words: hand, time, way, level, money, game, title, round, fight, battle, bet, war, times, points.

Both words in one sentence

  • When you use Sun Kim to fight Death's Hand, win or lose does not matter, since Death's Hand will lose anyway.
    Source: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
  • Film / The Mighty Ducks The other Aesop, "it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, it only matters if you tried hard and had fun," is kind of broken with the way the Ducks always win in the end.
    Source: Film / The Mighty Ducks
  • Digital Piracy Is Evil But if asked "Will I win in the end" she replies something along the lines of "It doesn't matter if you win or lose the game, the important thing is if you've bought it."
    Source: Digital Piracy Is Evil
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