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perdre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  • lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  • mar verb To spoil or damage something, often leaving a lasting flaw.
  • misplace verb To lose track of something by forgetting where it was put.
  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.

Senses

perdre is used for these senses in English:

  • forfeit To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
  • mar (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
  • misplace (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.
  • miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
  • miss out (intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.

forfeit — full definition

  1. verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  2. noun Something lost or given up as a penalty.

lose — full definition

  1. verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  2. verb To fail to win a game, competition, or argument.
  3. verb To become unable to find your way, or to no longer be able to follow or track someone or something.

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