Main entry: drop off, recede, lose, fall back, fall behind
Definition: retreat
Antonyms: make headway, win, pull ahead, get ahead, gain, gain ground, advance
Definition: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
Main entry: lose
Definition: fail to win
Usage: We lost the battle but we won the war
Antonyms: win
Definition: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
Main entry: lose
Definition: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
Usage: I've lost my glasses again!
Definition: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Main entry: lose
Definition: fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
Usage: She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
Main entry: lose
Definition: fail to get or obtain
Usage: I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
Main entry: turn a loss, lose
Definition: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
Usage: I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!; The company turned a loss after the first year
Antonyms: profit, turn a profit
Definition: make a profit; gain money or materially
Antonyms: break even
Definition: make neither profit nor loss