losing
Definitions
Verb
- Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- Fail to win
- Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- Place (something) where one cannot find it again
- Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- Allow to go out of sight
- Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- Fail to get or obtain
- Retreat
- Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- Be set at a disadvantage
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "losing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | closing | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | losing | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | enclosing | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | foreclosing | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | closings | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | disclosing | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "losing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | living | 2 | 194 |
| 2 | looking | 2 | 173 |
| 3 | planning | 2 | 129 |
| 4 | leaving | 2 | 88 |
| 5 | leading | 2 | 68 |
| 6 | learning | 2 | 60 |
| 7 | sleeping | 2 | 39 |
| 8 | cleaning | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | lacking | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | letting | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | locking | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | closing | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | laughing | 2 | 28 |
| 14 | placing | 2 | 27 |
| 15 | lighting | 2 | 23 |
| 16 | clothing | 2 | 20 |
| 17 | bleeding | 2 | 16 |
| 18 | claiming | 2 | 16 |
| 19 | clearing | 2 | 16 |
| 20 | leaning | 2 | 15 |
| 21 | loving | 2 | 15 |
| 22 | floating | 2 | 12 |
| 23 | pleading | 2 | 12 |
| 24 | climbing | 2 | 11 |
| 25 | liking | 2 | 11 |
| 26 | loading | 2 | 11 |
| 27 | sliding | 2 | 11 |
| 28 | blessing | 2 | 10 |
| 29 | blooming | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | longing | 2 | 10 |
| 31 | looming | 2 | 10 |
| 32 | pleasing | 2 | 10 |
| 33 | plumbing | 2 | 9 |
| 34 | clutching | 2 | 8 |
| 35 | clinging | 2 | 7 |
| 36 | fleeting | 2 | 7 |
| 37 | flooring | 2 | 7 |
| 38 | glaring | 2 | 7 |
| 39 | slipping | 2 | 7 |
| 40 | sloping | 2 | 7 |
| 41 | blazing | 2 | 6 |
| 42 | clapping | 2 | 6 |
| 43 | flaming | 2 | 6 |
| 44 | flashing | 2 | 6 |
| 45 | flowering | 3 | 6 |
| 46 | gleaming | 2 | 6 |
| 47 | slapping | 2 | 6 |
| 48 | lodging | 2 | 5 |
| 49 | logging | 2 | 5 |
| 50 | lowering | 3 | 5 |
| 51 | slashing | 2 | 5 |
| 52 | alerting | 3 | 4 |
| 53 | altering | 3 | 4 |
| 54 | blushing | 2 | 4 |
| 55 | flapping | 2 | 4 |
| 56 | flushing | 2 | 4 |
| 57 | plodding | 2 | 4 |
| 58 | slamming | 2 | 4 |
| 59 | alleging | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | blocking | 2 | 3 |
| 61 | flailing | 2 | 3 |
| 62 | flaring | 2 | 3 |
| 63 | glowering | 3 | 3 |
| 64 | leasing | 2 | 3 |
| 65 | looting | 2 | 3 |
| 66 | lurking | 2 | 3 |
| 67 | slugging | 2 | 3 |
| 68 | blaming | 2 | 2 |
| 69 | bleaching | 2 | 2 |
| 70 | blotting | 2 | 2 |
| 71 | clogging | 2 | 2 |
| 72 | eluding | 3 | 2 |
| 73 | fleming | 2 | 2 |
| 74 | flipping | 2 | 2 |
| 75 | flooding | 2 | 2 |
| 76 | glazing | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | lapping | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | lashing | 2 | 2 |
| 79 | layering | 3 | 2 |
| 80 | leaping | 2 | 2 |
| 81 | lessing | 2 | 2 |
| 82 | lining | 2 | 2 |
| 83 | loathing | 2 | 2 |
| 84 | lurching | 2 | 2 |
| 85 | plotting | 2 | 2 |
| 86 | sledding | 2 | 2 |
| 87 | aligning | 3 | 1 |
| 88 | allotting | 3 | 1 |
| 89 | alluding | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | alluring | 3 | 1 |
| 91 | blaring | 2 | 1 |
| 92 | bluffing | 2 | 1 |
| 93 | clicking | 2 | 1 |
| 94 | clocking | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | clowning | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | clucking | 2 | 1 |
| 97 | elbowing | 3 | 1 |
| 98 | flicking | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | flitting | 2 | 1 |
| 100 | flocking | 2 | 1 |
| 101 | flouting | 2 | 1 |
| 102 | licking | 2 | 1 |
| 103 | lolling | 2 | 1 |
| 104 | luring | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | plucking | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | plugging | 2 | 1 |
| 107 | sleuthing | 2 | 1 |
| 108 | slinging | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | sluicing | 2 | 1 |
| 110 | blading | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | blaesing | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | blasing | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | bleeping | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | bloating | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | blogging | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | clanging | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | clashing | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | classing | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | clausing | 2 | 0 |
| 120 | clipping | 2 | 0 |
| 121 | cloaking | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | cloning | 2 | 0 |
| 123 | clotting | 2 | 0 |
| 124 | clouding | 2 | 0 |
| 125 | clubbing | 2 | 0 |
| 126 | elating | 3 | 0 |
| 127 | flagging | 2 | 0 |
| 128 | flaking | 2 | 0 |
| 129 | fledging | 2 | 0 |
| 130 | fleecing | 2 | 0 |
| 131 | flemming | 2 | 0 |
| 132 | flinging | 2 | 0 |
| 133 | flirting | 2 | 0 |
| 134 | flogging | 2 | 0 |
| 135 | flopping | 2 | 0 |
| 136 | gladding | 2 | 0 |
| 137 | gliding | 2 | 0 |
| 138 | gloaming | 2 | 0 |
| 139 | gloating | 2 | 0 |
| 140 | klausing | 2 | 0 |
| 141 | lading | 2 | 0 |
| 142 | lagging | 2 | 0 |
| 143 | lambing | 2 | 0 |
| 144 | laning | 2 | 0 |
| 145 | lanning | 2 | 0 |
| 146 | latching | 2 | 0 |
| 147 | lauding | 2 | 0 |
| 148 | leaching | 2 | 0 |
| 149 | leafing | 2 | 0 |
| 150 | leaking | 2 | 0 |
| 151 | leaming | 2 | 0 |
| 152 | leeming | 2 | 0 |
| 153 | legging | 2 | 0 |
| 154 | leising | 2 | 0 |
| 155 | leming | 2 | 0 |
| 156 | lemming | 2 | 0 |
| 157 | lenning | 2 | 0 |
| 158 | libbing | 2 | 0 |
| 159 | liming | 2 | 0 |
| 160 | loaning | 2 | 0 |
| 161 | lobbing | 2 | 0 |
| 162 | looping | 2 | 0 |
| 163 | loosing | 2 | 0 |
| 164 | lopping | 2 | 0 |
| 165 | loring | 2 | 0 |
| 166 | lossing | 2 | 0 |
| 167 | lucking | 2 | 0 |
| 168 | luehring | 2 | 0 |
| 169 | lugging | 2 | 0 |
| 170 | luhring | 2 | 0 |
| 171 | lulling | 2 | 0 |
| 172 | plaguing | 2 | 0 |
| 173 | plaiting | 2 | 0 |
| 174 | plating | 2 | 0 |
| 175 | pledging | 2 | 0 |
| 176 | slating | 2 | 0 |
| 177 | slicing | 2 | 0 |
| 178 | slighting | 2 | 0 |
| 179 | slimming | 2 | 0 |
| 180 | slitting | 2 | 0 |
| 181 | slogging | 2 | 0 |
| 182 | sloshing | 2 | 0 |
| 183 | slotting | 2 | 0 |
| 184 | slouching | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "losing".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "losing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "losing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "losing" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punished | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | much | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | northeastward | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "losing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 6
Sound Alikes: 184
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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