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Verb
- 1
lose
To not have something anymore because it has disappeared before one realized it.
Korean definition: 가지고 있던 물건이 자신도 모르게 없어져 더 이상 가지지 못하게 되다.
I walked around all day looking for the wallet I lost yesterday.
Absorbed in playing, the child lost the money for buying notebooks at the playground.
- 2
be deprived of
To come to lose the ownership of something that one owned or enjoyed, because it is no longer available.
Korean definition: 지니고 있던 것이나 누리고 있던 것을 빼앗기거나 없어져 차지하지 못하게 되다.
When the contract period ends, we will lose ownership of that building.
The workers went on a hunger strike to regain the rights they had lost.
- 3
be deprived of; be bereft of; lose
To come to be parted from someone that is dear to one due to his/her death.
Korean definition: 가까운 사람이 죽어 그 사람과 헤어지게 되다.
After losing my eldest brother in an accident, my mother lived the rest of her life in grief.
Having lost countless subordinates through his own mistake, he suffered from guilt.
- 4
lose
To come to cut the relationship with someone or part from him/her due to something.
Korean definition: 어떠한 계기로 인해 사람과의 관계가 끊어지거나 헤어지게 되다.
Because of my selfishness and greed, I lost as many as three precious friends.
Recently that singer got caught up in various scandals and lost many fans.