perdre — meaning in English

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.
• waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

Senses

perdre is used for these senses in English:

• calve (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
• forfeit To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
• get lost (intransitive) To lose one's way.
• lose (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
• miss out (intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.
• waste (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

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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