lose /lu:z/
Meaning
English definition
- (v.) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- (v.) fail to win
- (v.) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
Chinese translation
- vt. 遗失, 损失, 丢失, 使失去, 错过, 浪费, 迷失, 使迷路, 输去, 使沉溺于
- vi. 受损失, 失败
Word details
- Part of speech
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /lu:z/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam
- Frequency
- Zipf 5.08 · Common
Word forms
lost, losing, loses
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