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lose

Verb

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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.