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Results for: "lose"

Translating from English to Greek

Translations:

lose — cease to have in one's possession or capability
→ χάνω (cháno)
lose — be a defeated competitor in
→ χάνω (cháno)
lose — be defeated
→ ηττώμαι (ittómai)
→ χάνω (cháno)

More translations:

lose
→ χάνω, παύω να έχω
lose
→ χάνω (π.χ. από θάνατο)
lose
→ χάνω, δεν μπορώ να βρω
lose
→ χάνω, δεν κερδίζω
lose
→ χάνω, σπαταλώ χρόνο

English definitions WordNet

VERB 11

  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”
  2. fail to win

    • “We lost the battle but we won the war”
  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”
Show 8 more meanings
  1. place (something) where one cannot find it again

    • “I misplaced my eyeglasses”
  2. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

    • “I've lost my glasses again!”
  3. allow to go out of sight

    • “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”
  4. 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”
    Synonymsturn a loss
  5. fail to get or obtain

    • “I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad”
  6. retreat

    Synonymsfall backdrop offfall behindrecede
  7. 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”
    Synonymsmiss
  8. be set at a disadvantage

    • “This author really suffers in translation”
    Synonymssuffer