- lose
- lu:z
past tense, past participle - lost; verb1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) miste, tape2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) miste, gå tapt, komme bort3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) bli borte, forlegge4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) tape5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) tape, miste•- loser- loss
- lost
- at a loss
- a bad
- good loser
- lose oneself in
- lose one's memory
- lose out
- lost in
- lost onmiste--------spille--------tapeverb (lost - lost) \/luːz\/1) miste, tape, bli fratatt• lose one's money• he has lost his hairhan har mistet håret• lose one's lifemiste livet• she lost her husband in a car accidenthun mistet mannen sin i en bilulykke• lose potencysvekkes• lose weightgå ned i vekt2) (i konkurranse e.l.) tape, bli slått, mislykkes• they lost the battle but won the warde tapte slaget, men vant krigen• England lost the soccer game3) miste, forlegge• I've lost my key4) komme bort fra, forsvinne, bli borte fra• I lost him in the crowdhan ble borte fra meg i folkemengden5) misse, miste, komme for sent til6) forspille, kaste bort, ødsle, sløse• there's no time to losedet er ingen tid å miste• he lost his chance of winninghan forspilte sjansen til å vinne• I shall lose no time in startingjeg skal begynne med en gang7) bli av med, bli kvitt• I've lost my coldjeg er ikke forkjølet lenger8) (om klokke) saktne, saktne seg• my watch has lost 3 minutesklokken min har saktnet seg tre minutter9) (sport) løpe fra, springe fra, legge bak seg• the runner lost his competitors10) (amer., slang) bli kvitt, legge vekk• you can come in, but lose the gundere kan komme inn, men bli kvitt våpenetlose face (overført) tape ansikt, miste ansiktlose heart (overført) miste motetlose height (luftfart) miste høydelose interest (in) miste interessen (for) bli uinteressant• the book soon lost interestlose it (hverdagslig) miste kontrollen over temperamentet, bli sintlose oneself in fortape seg i• lose oneself in detailslose one's head (overført) miste hodetlose one's marbles\/mind (hverdagslig) bli gallose one's nerve miste motetlose one's way gå seg vill, surre seg bortlose out (on) mislykkes, tape, dra det korteste strået, gi tapt forlose sight of miste noe av syne (overført) se bort ifralose sleep over (overført) bekymre seg over, engste seg for, miste nattesøvnen på grunn avlose somebody something gjøre slik at noen mister noen, få noen til å miste noelose the plot (hverdagslig) miste oversikten (over en situasjon)lose the thread (overført) miste trådenlose time saktne seglose to tape for miste på grunn av• they lost their daughter to cancerlose weight gå ned i vekt(be) lost dø, omkomme• eleven men were lost in the disaster
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
