losing

English

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ

Verb

losing

1. present participle of lose

Adjective

losing (not comparable)

1. That loses or has lost.

   Being on the losing team is disappointing.

Derived terms

• losingest

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