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How to spell loose

What it means: Not tight or secure.

In a sentence: The dog's collar is too loose, so it might slip off. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double o. Often misspelled as lose or loosee.

Sounds like, but is not: lose. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: loosely, loosen, loosened, loosening, looseness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Loose” comes from Old Norse and Old English words meaning ‘free’ or ‘released.’ It is often confused in spelling and meaning with “lose,” although the two words have different origins and uses.

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