Lose vs Loose: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: lose or loose

How to spell lose?

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loseverb

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

loseverb

be set at a disadvantage

loseverb

fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

loseverb

fail to get or obtain

loseverb

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

loseverb

fail to win

loseverb

miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

loseverb

suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

loseverb

withdraw, as from reality

looseadjective

(of textures) full of small openings or gaps

looseverb

make loose or looser

looseadjective

having escaped, especially from confinement

looseadjective

emptying easily or excessively

looseverb

grant freedom to; free from confinement

looseverb

turn loose or free from restraint

looseadjective

not affixed

looseadjective

not literal

looseadjective

casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

looseadjective

not tense or taut

looseverb

without restraint

looseverb

become loose or looser or less tight

looseadjective

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

looseadjective

not officially recognized or controlled

looseadjective

not carefully arranged in a package

looseadjective

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

looseadjective

not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

looseadjective

(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

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