Found 4 items, similar to LOSING.
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: Losing 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? --Matt. v. 13. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. [1913 Webster] He hath lost his fellows. --Shak [1913 Webster] 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge. [1913 Webster] The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42. [1913 Webster] I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.] [1913 Webster] How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion? --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining. [1913 Webster] O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Losing \Lo"sing\, a. [See Losenger.] Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Flatterer. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Losing \Los"ing\, a. [See Lose, v. t.] Causing or likely to cause a loss; as, a losing game or business; a losing strategy. [1913 Webster] Who strive to sit out losing hands are lost. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]