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lose count

lose count verb: to forget the number of times that something has happened; to lose the tally.

Verb

lose count (third-person singular simple present loses count, present participle losing count, simple past and past participle lost count)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To forget the number of times that something has happened; to lose the tally.
    • I have lost count of the number of girls I have kissed.
    Antonyms:
    keep count

Antonyms of lose count

Forms of lose count

third-person singular presentloses count
present participlelosing count
past participlelost count
pastlost count

Questions about lose count

What does lose count mean?
Lose count means to forget the number of times that something has happened; to lose the tally.
What part of speech is lose count?
Lose count is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose count?
The past tense of lose count is lost count.

Words near lose count in the dictionary

  1. Loschmidt's paradox
  2. Loscoe
  3. lose
  4. lose caste
  5. lose control
  6. lose count
  7. lose face
  8. lose ground
  9. lose heart
  10. lose her head
  11. lose his head

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