lose

Etymology 1
From, from , from , , from. The modern pronunciation with is due to conflation with.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability.
 * 2) * 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, , Season 3, Episode 1:
 * Douglas: I took some of the pension money out of the bank and I lost it on a horse. Nolan: Gambling with our employees' pensions? Douglas: Gambling? No. I was riding the horse. It fell out of my pocket.
 * 1)  To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
 * 2)  To shed (weight).
 * 3)  To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
 * 4)  To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
 * 5)  To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
 * Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
 * 1) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
 * 2)  To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
 * 3)  To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
 * 4)  To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
 * 5)  To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
 * 6)  To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
 * 7) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
 * 8)  To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
 * 9) * a. 1699,, On the Excesses of Grief
 * How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
 * 1) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
 * I lost a part of what he said.
 * 1)  To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
 * 2)  To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
 * 3)  To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
 * 4)  To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
 * 5)  To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
 * 6) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
 * 7)  To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
 * 8) * a. 1699,, On the Excesses of Grief
 * How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
 * 1) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
 * I lost a part of what he said.
 * 1)  To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
 * 2)  To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
 * 3) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
 * 4)  To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
 * 5) * a. 1699,, On the Excesses of Grief
 * How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
 * 1) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
 * I lost a part of what he said.
 * 1)  To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
 * 2) * a. 1699,, On the Excesses of Grief
 * How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
 * 1) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
 * I lost a part of what he said.
 * How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
 * 1) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
 * I lost a part of what he said.
 * I lost a part of what he said.

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with.

Antonyms

 * , win
 * , win
 * , win
 * , win
 * , win
 * , win
 * , win

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: ضيع
 * Moroccan Arabic: ودّر
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: cherdu
 * Assamese: হেৰোৱা
 * Asturian: perder
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: юғалтыу
 * Basque: galdu
 * Belarusian: тра́ціць, стра́ціць, губі́ць, губля́ць, згубі́ць
 * Belizean Creole: laas
 * Bengali:, হারিয়ে ফেলা
 * Bulgarian:, , загу́бя
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: иеша
 * Cherokee: ᎤᏲᎱᏎᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 冇咗, 丟
 * Dungan: дю
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuukese: poutano
 * Cornish: kelli
 * Crimean Tatar: coytmaq
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: piardro
 * Danish: tabe,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malgajni, perdi
 * Estonian: kaotama
 * Faroese: missa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: pierdi
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაკარგვა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: pèdi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: wagat, iwagat
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: caill
 * Isnag: waxa
 * Istro-Romanian: pľerde
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kashmiri: راوُن
 * Kazakh: жоғалту
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بزر کردن
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: perde
 * Ladino: pedrer, piedrer, peryer
 * Lao: ເສຍ
 * Latgalian: pagaisynuot, gaisynuot
 * Latin:, perdō
 * Latvian:, pazaudēt
 * Lithuanian: netèkti, praràsti
 * Livonian: kōtõ
 * Lombard:, pèrd
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: verlesen
 * Luxembourgish: verléieren
 * Macedonian: губи, изгуби
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: tilef
 * Mauritian Creole: perdi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nepali: गुमाउनु
 * North Frisian:
 * Föhr-Amrum: ferlees
 * Mooring: ferliise
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: pèrder,
 * Old English: forlēosan
 * Old Frisian: forliasa
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: perde
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: chinkay, cinkai, ograi, chinkachiy
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: perder, piarder, pearder
 * Russian: ,
 * Samoan: vāivai
 * Sardinian: peldere, peldiri, perdere, perdiri
 * Scots: tyne
 * Scottish Gaelic: caill
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гу̀бити, изгу̀бити
 * Roman: ,
 * Seychellois Creole: perdi
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: strácať, stratiť
 * Slovene:, izgubljati
 * Somali: lumid
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , , , , varda av med
 * Sylheti: ꠀꠞꠣꠘꠤ
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: ,
 * Tatar: югалту
 * Telugu: కోల్పోవు
 * Tetum: lakon
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: བརླགས
 * Tok Pisin: lusim
 * Tongan: mole
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: ýitirmek
 * Ukrainian: втрача́ти,, губи́ти, загуби́ти
 * Urdu: کھونا
 * Uyghur: يوقالماق, يوقاتماق
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: ferlieze
 * White Hmong:
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרלירן
 * Zhuang:


 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: خسر
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese:
 * Central: হাৰা
 * Eastern: হৰা
 * Asturian: perder
 * Azerbaijani:, məğlub olmaq
 * Basque: galdu
 * Belarusian: прагу́льваць, прагуля́ць, прайграва́ць, прайгра́ць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, , загу́бя
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuukese: kuf
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: tabe
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: הפסיד
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tapa
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kashmiri: ہارُن
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دۆڕاندن
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: губи, изгуби
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: हार्नु
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Pohnpeian: luhs
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: chinkachiy, cinkai, ograi
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Samoan: faia'ina
 * Scots: loss
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гу̀бити, изгу̀бити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: prehrávať, prehrať
 * Slovene: izgubljati,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: бохтан
 * Tamil:
 * Tetum: lakon
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ཤོར
 * Tongan: foʻi
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: програва́ти, програ́ти
 * Urdu: کھونا
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * White Hmong:
 * Zhuang:


 * Basque: galdu
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 減
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: tabe
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pudottaa (painoa)
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, body weight
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 살-이 빠지다
 * Latin:, perdo
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: сбро́сить (вес); ,
 * Scots: tyne
 * Slovak: schudnúť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, bajar (de peso)
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , kilo kaybetmek
 * Venetian:


 * Arabic:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: peder
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:, perdo
 * Persian: از دست دادن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: loss
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: mamatayan
 * Telugu: కోల్పోవు
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Basque: galdu
 * Bengali:, হারিয়ে ফেলা
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:, perdo, deerro, ero via
 * Polish:, zapodziać
 * Portuguese: perder de vista
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: tyne
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Venetian:


 * Finnish: ottaa pois
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Persian:, دور انداختن
 * Scots: tyne


 * Arabic:
 * Asturian: perder
 * Basque: galdu
 * Belarusian: прайграва́ць, прайгра́ць, прага́дваць, прагада́ць
 * Bengali:, হেরে যাওয়া
 * Bulgarian:, загу́бя
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: להפסיד
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Navajo: baa honinééh
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: loss
 * Slovak: prehrať, prohrávať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఓడిపోవు
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: програва́ти, програ́ти, прога́дувати, прогада́ти
 * Venetian:


 * Korean:, ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , plural of.

Noun

 * 1)  Fame, renown; praise.

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬; see there for more.

Verb

 * 1) to hear, listen

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) loose, slack