lose

/luːz/

US pronunciation

American sound/luːz/

lose

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> lose

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပျောက်သည်။ ဆုံး သည်။ အချိန်ကုန်သည်။ အချိန်ဖြုန်းသည်။ အရှုံးပေါ်သည်။ နစ်နာသည်။ဆုံးရှုံးရသည်။ နှေးသည်။ နောက်ကျသည်။

Full entry

lose / lu:z / v (pt, pp lost /lɒst; US lↄ:st /)

၁။ ရှာမတွေ့ ဖြစ် သည်။ ပျောက်ဆုံးသည်။ မျက်ခြည်ပြတ်သွားသည်။
I’ve lost my keys. ❍ The tickets seem to be lost / to have got lost. ❍ She lost her husband in the crowd.
၂။ ဆုံးရှုံးသည်။ ပျောက်ဆုံးသည်။ lose a leg in a car crash ❍ lose one’s hair / teeth / good looks (ie as a result of getting old) ❍ He’s lost his job. ❍ He lost both his sons (ie They were killed) in the war. ❍ She’s just lost her husband (ie He has died recently). ❍ The ship was lost at sea. ❍ Many people lost their lives (ie were killed).
၃။ မရှိတော့ပြီ။ နည်းသည်။ ပျက်သည်။ ကြောင်သည်။ လျော့သည်။ ကုန်ခန်းသည်။ lose one’s confidence / composure / courage ❍ lose one’s nerve (ie the courage to do sth) ❍ lose interest in sth /sb (ie stop being interested in or attracted to sth/sb) ❍ lose one’s balance/ equilibrium ❍ He’s lost ten pounds in weight. ❍ I warn you, I’m rapidly losing my patience. ❍ The train was losing speed.
၄။ (က) ပျောက်သည်။ His words were lost (ie could not be heard) in the applause.
(ခ) (infml ) မျက်ခြည်ပြတ်သည်။ I’m afraid you’ve lost me there.
၅။ (infml ) မျက်ခြည်ဖြတ်သည်။ We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness.
၆။ (က) ~ (sth) (to sb) ရှုံးသည်။ အရေး နိမ့်သည်။ lose a game/a match/ a race / an election ❍ They only lost once all season. ❍ We lost to a stronger side. (ခ) ~ sth (to sth/sb) လက်လွှတ်လိုက်ရသည်။ ပါသွား သည်။ Railways have lost a lot of their passenger business (to the bus companies).
၇။ ပျောက်သည်။ ဆုံး သည်။ lose one’s no - claim bonus (eg by making an insurance claim following an accident) ❍ You will lose your deposit if you cancel the holiday. ❍ Sit down or you’ll lose your seat.
၈။ အချိန်ကုန်သည်။ အချိန်ဖြုန်းသည်။ We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre. ❍ Hurry — there’s no time to lose!
၉။ (က) ~ (sth) (on sth / by doing sth) အရှုံးပေါ်သည်။ နစ်နာသည်။ The business is losing money. ❍ We lost (a lot) on that deal. ❍ Poetry always loses (something) in translation. ❍ You will lose nothing/ You have nothing to lose by telling the truth. (ခ) ဆုံးရှုံးရသည်။ His carelessness lost him the job.
၁၀။ နှေးသည်။ နောက်ကျသည်။ A good watch neither gains nor loses. ❍ This clock loses two minutes (ie becomes two minutes behind the correct time) a day.
❏ lose one’s bearings [IDM ] လမ်းပျောက်သည်။ ရည်မှန်းချက် ပျောက်သည်။
❏ lose count (of sth) [IDM ] ရေရင်းနှင့် လက်စ ပျောက်သည်။ မေ့သွားသည်။ မမှတ်မိ။ I lost count and had to start again. ❍ She had lost count of the number of films they had seen together.
❏ lose face [IDM ] မျက်နှာပျက်သည်။ မျက်နှာငယ်ရသည်။
❏ lose one’s grip (on sth) [IDM ] ပိုင်နိုင်တော့ခြင်းမရှိ။ Sometimes I feel I’m losing my grip.
❏ lose one’s head [IDM ] ကယောင်ရိုက်သည်။
❏ lose heart [IDM ] စိတ်ပျက်အားလျော့သည်။
❏ lose one’s heart (to sb/sth) [IDM ] အစွဲကြီး စွဲသည်။
❏ lose oneself in sth [PHRV ] နှစ်မြှုပ်ထားသည်။ နစ်မျောသွားသည်။ I soon lost myself in the excitement of the drama.
❏ lose one’s marbles (sl ) [IDM ] ဦးနှောက်ချောင်သည်။
❏ lose one’s mind [IDM ] စိတ်နောက်သွားသည်။
❏ lose out (on sth) [PHRV ] (infml ) အခွင့်အရေး ဆုံးရှုံး ရသည်။ လက်လွတ်သွားသည်။ lose out on promotion.
❏ lose out to sb/sth [PHRV ] (infml ) လွှမ်းမိုးခံရသည်။ ဘေးဖယ်ပေးရသည်။ small shops losing out to supermarkets. ❍ LOOSE¹
❏ loser n အရှုံးသမား။ a good / bad loser (ie sb who accepts defeat well/badly) ❍ a born loser (ie sb who regularly fails in life).
❏ lose sight of sb/sth [IDM ]
၁။ မျက်ခြည်ပြတ် သွားသည်။ lose sight of land.
၂။ မျက်ခြည်ပြတ်သည်။ We must not lose sight of our original aim.
❏ lose the thread (of sth) [IDM ] စကားအူ ပေါက်သည်။ အူချာပေါက်သည်။
❏ lose touch (with sb/sth) [IDM ] အဆက်ပြတ်သည်။ မျက်ခြည်ပြတ်သည်။ I’ve lost touch with all my old friends. ❍ Let’s not lose touch with reality.
❏ lose one’s way [IDM ]
၁။ လမ်းပျောက်သည်။ မျက်စိ လည်သည်။ We lost our way in the dark.
၂။ မျက်စိ လည်သည်။ မျက်ခြည်ပြတ်သည်။
❏ a losing battle [IDM ] လှုပ်လေမြုပ်လေ အခြေအနေ။ It’s a losing battle trying to get the work finished on time. ❍ Researchers are fighting a losing battle against the disease.
❏ not lose sleep / lose no sleep over sth [IDM ] ထည့် စဉ်းစားရန်မလို။ It’s not worth losing sleep over.

More examples

Mike lost his job last year.
Register now and don’t lose your right to vote.
The family lost everything when their home burned down.
[lose someone something] : An unreasonably high exchange rate lost them export markets.
[lose something to someone] : They feared losing the sale to a rival company.
I hope you decide not to accept their offer, because we’ll be sorry to lose you.
I’ve lost my bag. Have you seen it?
You can easily lose a child in a busy street.
‘How did you do in the quiz?’ ‘We lost.’
[lose to/against someone] : England lost 2–1 to Germany.
[lose by something] : They lost by only one point.
[lose someone something] : Those comments may well have lost them the election.
The plane lost cabin pressure and everyone had to use oxygen masks.
[lose 5 pounds/3kg/2 stone etc] : I lost 3kg when I was ill.
[lose weight] : He’s lost a lot of weight recently.
She lost her son in a car accident.
A plan to reduce the amount of working time lost through sickness
He must realize that an outstanding opportunity has been lost.
There’s no time to lose (=used for saying that it is necessary to do something as quickly as possible because the situation is urgent).
He lost his sight in an accident.
He’d lost his memory as a result of a stroke.
Peter lost a leg in a climbing accident.
He started losing his hair in his late twenties.
Jane started to lose interest in her schoolwork.

Synonyms

misplace, be unable to find, mislay, drop, avoid, be beaten, be careless, be defeated, be humbled, be impoverished, be outdistanced, be reduced, be sunk, be taken to cleaners, be the loser, be worsted, become poorer, bereave, capitulate, clear, come up short, consume, decline, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, dodge, drain, drop a bundle, duck, dumper, elude, escape, evade, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall, fall short, forfeit, forget, get away from, get off chest, get off one's chest, give somebody the slip, give the slip, give up, go down, go under, kiss goodbye, lavish, lay bare, leave behind, let hair down, lose out, miss, misspend, oust, out with it, outrun, pass up, relinquish, rid, rob, sacrifice, shake, shake off, shaker, slip away, spend, squander, stray, succumb, suffer, suffer defeat, suffer loss, surrender, take a beating, take a licking, take the count, take the heat, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unburden, use up, wander from, waste, yield

Antonyms

accumulate, achieve, ascend, collect, confront, encounter, face, fight, fill, find, gather, give, go up, hoard, hold, hold on to, keep, maintain, meet, refuse, rise, save, starve, succeed, take, take on, win