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Rival Fans Think Alabama Will “Loose” Tonight

Related Topics: Participle, Alabama, Gerund, Verb, Blood

Lose is a tricky word for many people. When some poor souls want to say “lose” they have a tendency to type “loose”. They have very different definitions…

lose verb: lose; 3rd person present: loses; past tense: lost; past participle: lost; gerund or present participle: losing

1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
“I’ve lost my appetite”
synonyms: be deprived of, suffer the loss of; no longer have
“he’s lost a lot of blood”

loose adjective: loose; comparative adjective: looser; superlative adjective: loosest

1. not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.