English to English
verb
- fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fail to win
We lost the battle but we won the war.
source: WordNet 3.0
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
She lost her husband in the war.
The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her.
source: WordNet 3.0
- place (something) where one cannot find it again
I misplaced my eyeglasses.
source: WordNet 3.0
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
I've lost my glasses again!.
source: WordNet 3.0
- allow to go out of sight
The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!.
The company turned a loss after the first year.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fail to get or obtain
I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad.
source: WordNet 3.0
- retreat
source: WordNet 3.0
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
I missed that remark.
She missed his point.
We lost part of what he said.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be set at a disadvantage
This author really suffers in translation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
source: Webster 1913
- To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [los] Magwalâ; pumaram; pumawì; magbulaksak
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog