losing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːzɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: los‧ing

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• Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ

Verb

losing

1. present participle and gerund of lose

Adjective

losing (not comparable)

1. That loses or has lost.

   Being on the losing team is disappointing.

Derived terms

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

 

Noun

losing (plural losings)

1. The process by which something is lost; a loss.
   • 1842, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 339:

     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.

Anagrams

• Gilson, Goslin, Ligons, Lingos, lingos, logins, logs in, soling