loserlos‧er /ˈluːzə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
If the strike continues, the people of Galway will be the real losers.2someone who is never successful in life, work, or relationships: What a loser! The guy’s a born loser.3someone who has lost a competition, game, election etc OPP winnergood/bad loser (=someone who behaves well or badly after losing)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I'd like to congratulate all our entrants, the winners and the losers.
- If these budget cuts are made, the big losers will be the poor and minorities.
- The losers walked slowly off the field.
- You're just a bad loser Phil, that's your problem.
- A winner, obviously, until he became a loser.
- Add legal fees and a new valuation and you could be on a loser.
- Cotton may be the biggest loser, but Perry is just as worried for the cattlemen.
- First, funds would try to sell their highest-cost losers.
- Presidential losers have also habitually opted for mates designed to unify the ticket but with whom they could comfortably identify.
- The losers are the singers and orchestras we employed.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who has lost
the person or group that has lost a game, competition, or election: · The losers walked slowly off the field.· I'd like to congratulate all our entrants, the winners and the losers.bad loser (=someone who behaves badly when they lose): · You're just a bad loser Phil, that's your problem.
: losing side/team etc one that has lost: · Nobody wants to be on the losing side.· The quiz show gives losing contestants the chance to see what they would have won.
the person or team that comes second or third in a game, race, or competition: · 100 lucky runners-up will receive a boxed set of CDs.· Gordon was also presented with a cheque as runner-up of the closely fought contest.
: defeated army/finalist/opponent etc one that lost the battle, war, game etc: · Let's have a quick word with the two defeated finalists.· The rebels hope to weaken the regime further by attacking its defeated and demoralised forces.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The guy’s a born loser. In a capitalist society there will always be winners and losers.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The guy’s a born loser. (=someone who behaves well or badly after losing)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES In a capitalist society there will always be winners and losers.· There's room for everyone and no-one likes a bad loser.
· The biggest losers were the bookies.· Among the other companies in the state index, a basket of technology stocks dominated the ten biggest losers.· Cotton may be the biggest loser, but Perry is just as worried for the cattlemen.· Another auto-related stock, Credit Acceptance Corp., was a big loser.· The Exchequer fears that it will be the biggest loser in the border battle.· The big loser is the last generation.· Apart from Mr Cook, the other big loser is John Prescott.
· He wanted to be a winner rather than a good loser.· The good loser is recognisable as the competitor who nods with rueful admiration each time the opponent scores.· The good loser never makes it to the winner's rostrum of any worthwhile competition.· Elite performers earn that title because they are, by nature, not good losers.
· Schemes for environmentally friendly energy production were the main losers in the budget, receiving less funding than this year.· Market trends indicate that imported wines have been the main winner - Scotch Whisky the main loser. 4.· It was the main loser in both territory and population from the First World War.
· The only losers in the United States were workers faced with higher food prices.· The only losers would be the shareholders but they always knew this was a high-risk project.· They finished up on all four rinks in their 78-66 win at Carrickfergus with Rathfriland's Gary McIlroy being their only loser.· The Profitboss never gives up. Only losers give up.
· The bloke that owned it before was soft, a real loser.· The real losers will, for all I know, eat dirt.· The government was not to be a real loser.· I brought these kids home, and they were all real losers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► born loser► sore loser
- And it's finders keepers, y'know.
- The rule for such races is simple: finders keepers.
WORD FAMILYnounloserlossadjectivelostverblose
1someone who is in a worse situation than they were, because of something that has happened OPP winner: If the strike continues, the people of Galway will be the real losers.2someone who is never successful in life, work, or relationships: What a loser! The guy’s a born loser.3someone who has lost a competition, game, election etc OPP winnergood/bad loser (=someone who behaves well or badly after losing)