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égarer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  • mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
  • misplace verb To lose track of something by forgetting where it was put.

Senses

égarer is used for these senses in English:

  • get lost (intransitive) To lose one's way.
  • lose (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
  • misplace (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.

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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