Standard Lemma guide

lose

name · noun · verb · 29 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • lo͞oz
  • Received-Pronunciation: /luːz/
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /luz/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /lʉːz/
  • homophone: loos
  • rhymes with -uːz
  • Northumbria: /lɒs/
  • lōz
  • Early, Modern, also: /lɔːz/
  • CMU ARPABET: L UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
  • He lost his hearing in the explosion.
  • She lost her position when the company was taken over.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.
  • He lost his spleen in a car wreck.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

To shed (weight).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I’ve lost five pounds this week.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She lost all her sons in the war.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Frank had lost $500 staying in Vegas.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I lost my way in the forest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We lost the football match.
  • You just lost The Game.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The team scored four goals but still managed to lose.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The policeman lost the robber he was chasing.
  • Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • lose the cops
  • We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • When we get into the building, please lose the hat.
  • Lose that extra space on the left.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

Of a clock, to run slower than expected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • My watch loses five minutes a week.
  • It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Examples

  • a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, On the Excesses of Grief How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

be set at a disadvantage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This author really suffers in translation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suffer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worsen, decline

20

verb

Meaning 20

fail to win

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We lost the battle but we won the war

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: win

Narrower terms: go down, drop, take the count, remain down, drop one's serve

21

verb

Meaning 21

retreat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regress, retrograde, retrogress

22

verb

Meaning 22

place (something) where one cannot find it again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I misplaced my eyeglasses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: misplace, mislay

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay

23

verb

Meaning 23

suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She lost her husband in the war
  • The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suffer

24

verb

Meaning 24

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I missed that remark
  • She missed his point
  • We lost part of what he said

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: miss

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: overlook

25

verb

Meaning 25

allow to go out of sight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I've lost my glasses again!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: find

Narrower terms: forget, leave

27

verb

Meaning 27

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: keep

Narrower terms: white-out, whiteout, sleep off

28

verb

Meaning 28

fail to get or obtain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: win

29

verb

Meaning 29

fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
  • The company turned a loss after the first year

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turn a loss

Antonyms: profit, break even

History

Etymology

* As a north/Low German surname, from a pet form of Lodewig, Ludwig. * As a south German surname, from a pet from of Nikolaus.

From Middle English losen, from Old English losian. The modern pronunciation with /uː/ (instead of the /oʊ~əʊ/ that would be expected from Early Modern /ɔː/) is due to conflation with loose.

Across languages

Translations

445 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: verloor — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Albanian: humb — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Albanian: humbas — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Gheg Albanian: hup — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Southern Altai: јоголтор (ǰogoltor) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Arabic: خَسِرَ (ḵasira) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Arabic: فَقَدَ (faqada) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Arabic: ضيع (ḍayyaʕ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Arabic: ودّر (waddər) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Armenian: կորցնել (korcʻnel) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Aromanian: cherdu — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Assamese: হেৰোৱা (herüa) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Asturian: perder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Azerbaijani: itirmək — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Azerbaijani: uduzmaq — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bashkir: юғалтыу (yuğaltıw) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Basque: galdu — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Belarusian: тра́ціць (trácicʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Belarusian: стра́ціць (strácicʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Belarusian: губі́ць (hubícʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Belarusian: губля́ць (hubljácʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Belarusian: згубі́ць (zhubícʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Belizean Creole: laas — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bengali: হারানো (haranō) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bengali: হারিয়ে ফেলা (hariẏe phela) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bhojpuri: हेराइल (hērāil) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bulgarian: загу́бвам (zagúbvam) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bulgarian: гу́бя (gúbja) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Bulgarian: загу́бя (zagúbja) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Burmese: ပျောက် (pyauk) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Burmese: ပျက် (pyak) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Burmese: ပြုတ် (prut) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Catalan: perdre — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chechen: иеша (iješa) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏲᎱᏎᎭ (uyohuseha) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冇咗 (mou5 zo2) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chinese Cantonese: 丟 /丢 (diu1) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蝕 /蚀) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chinese: дю (diu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丟 /丢 (diū) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失去 (shīqù) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Chuukese: poutano — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Cornish: kelli — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Crimean Tatar: coytmaq — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Czech: ztrácet — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Czech: ztratit — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Dalmatian: piardro — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Danish: tabe — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Danish: miste — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Dutch: verliezen — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Esperanto: malgajni — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Esperanto: perdi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Estonian: kaotama — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Faroese: missa — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Finnish: menettää — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • French: perdre — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • North Frisian: ferlees — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • North Frisian: ferliise — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Old Frisian: forliasa — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • West-Frisian: ferlieze — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Friulian: pierdi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Galician: perder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Georgian: დაკარგვა (daḳargva) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • German: verlieren — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Greek: χάνω (cháno) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Haitian Creole: pèdi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Hebrew: אִבֵּד ('ibbed) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Hindi: खोना (khonā) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Hungarian: elveszít — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Hungarian: elhagy — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Icelandic: týna — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ido: perdar — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ilocano: wagat — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ilocano: iwagat — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Indonesian: hilang — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Irish: caill — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Isnag: waxa — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Istro-Romanian: pľerde — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Italian: perdere — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Italian: smarrire — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Japanese: なくす (nakusu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Japanese: 落とす (otosu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Japanese: 失う (ushinau) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Kashmiri: راوُن (rāvun) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Kazakh: жоғалту (joğaltu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Khmer: បាត់ (bat) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Korean: 잃다 (ilta) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Central Kurdish: بزر کردن (bizr kirdin) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Northern Kurdish: ji dest dan — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Northern Kurdish: winda kirin — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Kyrgyz: жоготуу (jogotuu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ladin: perde — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ladino: pedrer — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ladino: piedrer — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ladino: peryer — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Lao: ເສຍ (sīa) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Latgalian: pagaisynuot — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Latgalian: gaisynuot — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Latin: āmittō — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Latin: perdō — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Latvian: zaudēt — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Latvian: pazaudēt — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Lingala: bungisa — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Lithuanian: netèkti — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Lithuanian: praràsti — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Livonian: kōtõ — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Lombard: perd — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Lombard: pèrd — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Low German: verlesen — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Luxembourgish: verléieren — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Macedonian: губи (gubi) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Macedonian: изгуби (izgubi) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Malay: hilang — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Maltese: tilef — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Mauritian Creole: perdi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Mongolian: алдах (aldax) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ūi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Nepali: गुमाउनु (gumāunu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Norwegian Bokmål: miste — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Occitan: pèrder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Occitan: pèrdre — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Old English: forlēosan — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Persian: گم کردن (gom kardan) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Piedmontese: perde — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Polish: gubić — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Polish: zgubić — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Polish: tracić — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Polish: stracić — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Portuguese: perder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Quechua: chinkay — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Quechua: cinkai — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Quechua: ograi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Quechua: chinkachiy — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Réunion Creole French: pèrd — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Romanian: pierde — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Romansh: perder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Romansh: piarder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Romansh: pearder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Russian: теря́ть (terjátʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Russian: потеря́ть (poterjátʹ) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Samoan: vāivai — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Sardinian: peldere — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Sardinian: peldiri — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Sardinian: perdere — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Sardinian: perdiri — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Scots: tyne — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Scottish Gaelic: caill — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Serbo-Croatian: гу̀бити — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Serbo-Croatian: изгу̀бити — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Serbo-Croatian: gùbiti — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Serbo-Croatian: izgùbiti — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Seychellois Creole: perdi — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Sicilian: peddiri — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Slovak: strácať — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Slovak: stratiť — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Slovene: izgubiti — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Slovene: izgubljati — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Somali: lumid — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Spanish: perder — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Swedish: förlora — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Swedish: tappa bort — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Swedish: tappa — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Swedish: mista — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Swedish: bliva av med — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Swedish: varda av med — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠞꠣꠘꠤ (arani) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tajik: гум кардан (gum kardan) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tamil: தொலை (tolai) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tamil: இழ (iḻa) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tatar: югалту (yuğaltu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Telugu: కోల్పోవు (kōlpōvu) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tetum: lakon — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Thai: เสีย (sǐia) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tibetan: བརླགས (brlags) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tok Pisin: lusim — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Tongan: mole — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Turkish: kaybetmek — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Turkish: yitirmek — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Turkmen: ýitirmek — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ukrainian: втрача́ти (vtračáty) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ukrainian: втра́тити (vtrátyty) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ukrainian: губи́ти (hubýty) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Ukrainian: загуби́ти (zahubýty) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Urdu: کھونا (khonā) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Uyghur: يوقالماق (yoqalmaq) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Uyghur: يوقاتماق (yoqatmaq) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Uzbek: yoʻqotmoq — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Venetan: pèrdar — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Vietnamese: mất — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Walloon: piede — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Welsh: colli — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרלירן (farlirn) — cease to have in one's possession or capability
  • Basque: galdu — shed (weight)
  • Bulgarian: свалям (svaljam) — shed (weight)
  • Bulgarian: сваля (svalja) — shed (weight)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 減 /减 (gaam2) — shed (weight)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 減 /减 (jiǎn) — shed (weight)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 減肥 /减肥 (jiǎnféi) — shed (weight)
  • Czech: ztratit — shed (weight)
  • Czech: shodit — shed (weight)
  • Czech: zhubnout — shed (weight)
  • Danish: tabe — shed (weight)
  • Dutch: afvallen — shed (weight)
  • Finnish: pudottaa (painoa) — shed (weight)
  • French: perdre — shed (weight)
  • Galician: perder — shed (weight)
  • German: verlieren — shed (weight)
  • German: abnehmen — shed (weight)
  • Greek: χάνω (cháno) — shed (weight)
  • Greek: αδυνατίζω (adynatízo) — shed (weight)
  • Italian: perdere — shed (weight)
  • Japanese: 痩せる (yaseru) — shed (weight)
  • Korean: 여위다 (yeowida) — shed (weight)
  • Korean: 살이 빠지다 (sar-i ppajida) — shed (weight)
  • Latin: amitto — shed (weight)
  • Latin: perdo — shed (weight)
  • Portuguese: perder — shed (weight)
  • Portuguese: emagrecer — shed (weight)
  • Russian: сбро́сить — shed (weight)
  • Russian: худе́ть (xudétʹ) — shed (weight)
  • Scots: tyne — shed (weight)
  • Slovak: schudnúť — shed (weight)
  • Slovene: izgubiti — shed (weight)
  • Spanish: perder — shed (weight)
  • Spanish: bajar (de peso) — shed (weight)
  • Swedish: tappa — shed (weight)
  • Tamil: குறை (kuṟai) — shed (weight)
  • Thai: ลด (lót) — shed (weight)
  • Turkish: zayıflamak — shed (weight)
  • Turkish: kilo vermek — shed (weight)
  • Turkish: kilo kaybetmek — shed (weight)
  • Venetan: pèrdar — shed (weight)
  • Arabic: فَقَدَ (faqada) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Bengali: হারানো (haranō) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Bulgarian: гу́бя (gúbja) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Dutch: verliezen — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Finnish: menettää — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • French: perdre — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Galician: peder — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • German: verlieren — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Greek: χάνω (cháno) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Italian: perdere — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Japanese: 無くなす (naku nasu) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Japanese: 亡くす (nakusu) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Latin: amitto — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Latin: perdo — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Persian: از دست دادن (az dast dâdan) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Polish: tracić — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Polish: stracić — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Portuguese: perder — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Russian: теря́ть (terjátʹ) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Russian: потеря́ть (poterjátʹ) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Scots: loss — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Slovene: izgubiti — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Swedish: förlora — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Swedish: mista — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Tagalog: mamatayan — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Tamil: இழ (iḻa) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Telugu: కోల్పోవు (kōlpōvu) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Thai: เสีย (sǐia) — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Vietnamese: mất — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Vietnamese: băng hà — experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend)
  • Arabic: خَسِرَ (ḵasira) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Arabic: خسر (ḵisir) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Armenian: պարտվել (partvel) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Armenian: կրվել (krvel) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Assamese: হাৰা (hara) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Assamese: হৰা (hora) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Asturian: perder — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Azerbaijani: uduzmaq — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Azerbaijani: məğlub olmaq — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Basque: galdu — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Belarusian: прагу́льваць (prahúlʹvacʹ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Belarusian: прагуля́ць (prahuljácʹ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Belarusian: прайграва́ць (prajhravácʹ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Belarusian: прайгра́ць (prajhrácʹ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Bengali: হারা (hara) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Bulgarian: загу́бвам (zagúbvam) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Bulgarian: гу́бя (gúbja) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Bulgarian: загу́бя (zagúbja) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Burmese: ရှုံး (hrum:) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Catalan: perdre — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輸 /输 (syu1) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸 /输 (shū) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Chuukese: kuf — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Czech: prohrávat — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Czech: prohrát — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Danish: tabe — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Dutch: verliezen — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Finnish: hävitä — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • French: perdre — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Galician: perder — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • German: verlieren — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Greek: ηττώμαι (ittómai) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Greek: χάνω (cháno) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Hebrew: הִפְסִיד (hifsíd) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Hindi: खोना (khonā) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Hindi: हारना (hārnā) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Hungarian: veszít — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Icelandic: tapa — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Ido: perdar — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Indonesian: kalah — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Italian: perdere — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Japanese: 負ける (makeru) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Japanese: 敗北する (haiboku suru) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Kashmiri: ہارُن (hārun) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Khmer: ចាញ់ (cañ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Korean: 지다 (jida) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Korean: 패배하다 (paebaehada) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Central Kurdish: دۆڕاندن (dorrandin) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Lao: ແພ້ (phǣ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Latin: āmittō — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Latvian: zaudēt — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Macedonian: губи (gubi) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Macedonian: изгуби (izgubi) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Nepali: हार्नु (hārnu) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tape — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Persian: باختن (bâxtan) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Pohnpeian: luhs — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Polish: przegrywać — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Polish: przegrać — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Portuguese: perder — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Quechua: chinkachiy — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Quechua: cinkai — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Quechua: ograi — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Romanian: pierde — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Russian: прои́грывать (proígryvatʹ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Russian: проигра́ть (proigrátʹ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Samoan: faia'ina — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Scots: loss — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Serbo-Croatian: гу̀бити — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Serbo-Croatian: изгу̀бити — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Serbo-Croatian: gùbiti — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Serbo-Croatian: izgùbiti — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Slovak: prehrávať — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Slovak: prehrať — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Slovene: izgubljati — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Slovene: izgubiti — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Spanish: perder — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Swedish: förlora — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Tajik: бохтан (boxtan) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Tamil: தோல் (tōl) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Tetum: lakon — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Thai: แพ้ (pɛ́ɛ) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Thai: พ่าย (pâai) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Tibetan: ཤོར (shor) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Tongan: foʻi — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Turkish: yenilmek — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Turkish: yitmek — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Turkish: kaybetmek — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Ukrainian: програва́ти (prohraváty) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Ukrainian: програ́ти (prohráty) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Urdu: کھونا (khonā) — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Venetan: pèrdar — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Vietnamese: thua — (transitive) be a defeated competitor in
  • Arabic: خَسِرَ (ḵasira) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Asturian: perder — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Basque: galdu — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Belarusian: прайграва́ць (prajhravácʹ) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Belarusian: прайгра́ць (prajhrácʹ) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Belarusian: прага́дваць (prahádvacʹ) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Belarusian: прагада́ць (prahadácʹ) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Bengali: হারা (hara) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Bengali: হেরে যাওয়া (here jaōẇa) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Bulgarian: загу́бвам (zagúbvam) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Bulgarian: загу́бя (zagúbja) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Catalan: perdre — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸 /输 (shū) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Czech: prohrát — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Czech: prohrávat — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Dutch: verliezen — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Finnish: hävitä — (intransitive) be defeated
  • French: perdre — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Galician: perder — (intransitive) be defeated
  • German: verlieren — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Greek: ηττώμαι (ittómai) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Greek: χάνω (cháno) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Hebrew: הִפְסִיד (hifsíd) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Hungarian: veszít — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Italian: perdere — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Japanese: 負ける (makeru) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Korean: 지다 (jida) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Latin: āmittō — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Navajo: honinééh — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Polish: przegrywać — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Polish: przegrać — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Portuguese: perder — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Russian: прои́грывать (proígryvatʹ) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Russian: проигра́ть (proigrátʹ) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Scots: loss — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Slovak: prehrať — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Slovak: prohrávať — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Slovene: izgubiti — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Spanish: perder — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Spanish: fracasar — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Swedish: förlora — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Tamil: தோல் (tōl) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Tamil: தோற்றுப்போ (tōṟṟuppō) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Telugu: ఓడిపోవు (ōḍipōvu) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Turkish: kaybetmek — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Ottoman Turkish: یانمق (yanmak) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Ukrainian: програва́ти (prohraváty) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Ukrainian: програ́ти (prohráty) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Ukrainian: прога́дувати (proháduvaty) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Ukrainian: прогада́ти (prohadáty) — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Venetan: pèrdar — (intransitive) be defeated
  • Basque: galdu — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Bengali: হারানো (haranō) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Bengali: হারিয়ে ফেলা (hariẏe phela) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Bulgarian: гу́бя се (gúbja se) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Finnish: kadottaa — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • French: perdre — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • German: verlieren — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Greek: χάνω (cháno) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Italian: perdere — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Latin: amitto — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Latin: perdo — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Latin: deerro — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Latin: ero via — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Polish: zgubić — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Polish: zapodziać — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Portuguese: perder de vista — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Russian: теря́ть (terjátʹ) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Russian: потеря́ть (poterjátʹ) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Russian: нерадеть (neradetʹ) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Scots: tyne — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Swedish: tappa bort — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Tamil: தொலை (tolai) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Thai: หลง (lǒng) — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Turkish: kaybetmek — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Turkish: gözden kaçırmak — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Venetan: pèrdar — be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer
  • Bulgarian: махам (maham) — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Bulgarian: махна (mahna) — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Finnish: ottaa pois — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • French: enlever — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • French: retirer — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • German: loswerden — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • German: weglassen — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Persian: زدودن (zodudan) — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Persian: دور انداختن (dur andâxtan) — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Scots: tyne — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Tamil: உதிர் (utir) — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate
  • Tamil: கழற்று (kaḻaṟṟu) — informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate