lose — cease to have in one's possession or capability
→ piede
lose — be a defeated competitor in
→ piede
→ esse batou
lose — be defeated
→ piede
→ esse vinkou
Additional Definitions (WordNet):
VERB (11)
1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; - Example: "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
2. fail to win; - Example: "We lost the battle but we won the war"
3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; - Example: "She lost her husband in the war" - Example: "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; - Example: "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose]
5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; - Example: "I've lost my glasses again!"
6. allow to go out of sight; - Example: "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; - Example: "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!" - Example: "The company turned a loss after the first year" [syn: lose, turn a loss]
8. fail to get or obtain; - Example: "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
10. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; - Example: "I missed that remark" - Example: "She missed his point" - Example: "We lost part of what he said" [syn: miss, lose]
11. be set at a disadvantage; - Example: "This author really suffers in translation" [syn: suffer, lose]