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Loose vs. Lose
Loose
/lus/Examples:
Mine eyes he loosed, and said:Some of its pages were loose or torn.Don't begin by trying to play fast and loose with me.
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Lose
/luːz/Examples:
People are starting to lose hope.Athos lost no more time in combating this immutable resolution.It was losing height at five thousand feet a minute now.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Loose contains an extra o, which makes it more open like something that isn’t tight.
- Lose sounds like ooze, depicting the action of something slipping away.
- Visualize loose like a noose that is not tied tightly, hence the extra o.
- If you loose a rope, you let it hang freely, it’s not tight.
- Use lose when you want to signify misplacing something or failing to keep or win.
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