# losing

Pronunciation: say "LOO-zing" /ˈluːzɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of lose. — present participle and gerund of lose
   - Simple: Present participle of lose. Use this form for something happening right now, often after a form of be.
   - _The company was losing money every quarter._
   - _Losing track of time, she missed her appointment entirely._

## Adjective

2. Of a person or side, currently failing to win or having already been defeated.
   - Simple: Failing to win, or having already lost a game or contest.
   - _Supporters of the losing candidate left the hall before the speeches ended._
   - _She refused to back what she saw as a losing strategy._

## Noun

3. The process by which something is lost, or a single instance of loss.
   - Simple: The act or process of having something taken away or coming to an end.
   - _The gradual losing of memory is a hallmark of the disease._
   - _He wrote movingly about the losing of innocence in his childhood town._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/losing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).