loses
SayLOOZ-iz/ˈluːzɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of lose.
She loses her patience whenever the printer jams.
The company loses money every time a shipment is delayed.
Note
Whatever the meaning, this form almost always wants an object, and the object decides which kind of loss is meant: someone loses a bet, a kidney, weight, a grandparent, or the right to vote. The ending is the regular -s used after he, she, it or a singular noun; every other present-tense subject takes plain lose.
loses is a form of lose
lose, verb: To cease to have something by misplacing it, being deprived of it, or being unable to keep it, whether a possession, a right, or a part of the body. Full entry
- Spelling
- lose → loses: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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