Found 4 items, similar to LOSE.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: lose
kalah, kehilangan, tergelincir
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak)
Definition: lose
house guest
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lose
lose
v 1: fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either
physically or in an abstract sense;
“She lost her purse
when she left it unattended on her seat” [ant:
keep]
2: fail to win;
“We lost the battle but we won the war” [ant:
win]
3: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal;
“She
lost her husband in the war”;
“The couple that wanted to
adopt the child lost her when the biological parents
claimed her”
4: place (something) where one cannot find it again;
“I
misplaced my eyeglasses” [syn:
misplace,
mislay]
5: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of;
“I've lost my
glasses again!” [ant:
find]
6: allow to go out of sight;
“The detective lost the man he was
shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”
7: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to
profit;
“I lost thousands of dollars on that bad
investment!”;
“The company turned a loss after the first
year” [syn:
turn a loss] [ant:
profit,
break even]
8: fail to get or obtain;
“I lost the opportunity to spend a
year abroad” [ant:
acquire]
9: retreat [syn:
fall back,
drop off,
fall behind,
recede]
[ant:
gain]
10: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;
“I
missed that remark”;
“She missed his point”;
“We lost
part of what he said” [syn:
miss]
11: be set at a disadvantage;
“This author really suffers in
translation” [syn:
suffer]
[also:
lost]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lose
Lose
\Lose\ (l[=oo]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Lost (l[o^]st; 115)
p. pr. & vb. n.
Losing (l[=oo]z"[i^]ng).] [OE. losien to
loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE.
leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le['o]san, p. p. loren
(in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw.
f["o]rlisa, f["o]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a
& v., L. luere to loose, Gr. ly`ein, Skr. l[=u] to cut.
[root]127. Cf.
Analysis,
Palsy,
Solve,
Forlorn,
Leasing,
Loose,
Loss.]
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1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by
accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.;
to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or
pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg
by amputation; to lose men in battle.
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Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior.
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2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer
diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to
lose one's health.
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If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it
be salted? --Matt. v. 13.
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3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to
waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the
benefits of instruction.
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The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.
--Dryden.
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4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to
go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
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He hath lost his fellows. --Shak
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5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on
the ledge.
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The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison.
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6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the
whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
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Like following life thro' creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
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7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence,
to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I
lost a part of what he said.
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He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42.
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I fought the battle bravely which I lost,
And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden.
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8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.]
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How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves
with so much passion? --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
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O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to
eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter.
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To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or
disadvantage.
To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid.
“The
mutineers lost heart.” --Macaulay.
To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose
the use of one's good sense or judgment, through fear,
anger, or other emotion.
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In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars
lost their heads. --Whitney.
To lose one's self.
(a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding
objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city.
(b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily
suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.
To lose sight of.
(a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land.
(b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he
lost sight of the issue.
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Lose
\Lose\, v. i.
To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off,
esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
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We 'll . . . hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,
Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out. --Shak.
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