transcription, транскрипция: [ lu:zə(r) ]
( losers)
1.
The losers of a game, contest, or struggle are the people who are defeated or beaten.
...the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills, the winners and losers of this year’s Super Bowl.
≠ winner
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If someone is a good loser , they accept that they have lost a game or contest without complaining. If someone is a bad loser , they hate losing and complain about it.
I’m sure the prime minister will turn out to be a good loser...
You are a very bad loser Lou, aren’t you?
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2.
If you refer to someone as a loser , you have a low opinion of them because you think they are always unsuccessful. ( INFORMAL )
They’ve only been trained to compete with other men, so a successful woman can make them feel like a real loser.
= failure
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
3.
People who are losers as the result of an action or event, are in a worse situation because of it or do not benefit from it.
Some of Britain’s top business leaders of the 1980s became the country’s greatest losers in the recession.
≠ winner
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