verb
Meaning 1
To be no longer able to see.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The soldier lost sight of the enemy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
lose sight of
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verb
Meaning 2
To fail to remember; to overlook or neglect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- After he graduated from university he lost sight of his career goals.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
be no longer able to see
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We lost sight of the tower as pulled out of the harbor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 看不見 /看不见 (kànbujiàn) — be no longer able to see
- Finnish: kadottaa näkyvistään — be no longer able to see
- Italian: accecarsi — be no longer able to see
- Portuguese: perder de vista — be no longer able to see
- Russian: потеря́ть из ви́ду (poterjátʹ iz vídu) — be no longer able to see
- Chinese Mandarin: 忽略 (hūlüè) — fail to remember
- Chinese Mandarin: 忘記 /忘记 (wàngjì) — fail to remember
- Finnish: unohtaa — fail to remember
- Finnish: lyödä laimin — fail to remember
- Finnish: hylätä — fail to remember
- Russian: потеря́ть из ви́ду (poterjátʹ iz vídu) — fail to remember