to lose sight of

  • 31sight — n. view 1) to catch; keep sight of 2) to lose sight of 3) at (the) sight (to faint at the sight of blood; to fall in love at first sight) 4) by sight (to know smb. by sight) 5) in, within sight (the ship was no longer in sight) 6) on sight (to… …

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  • 32lose */*/*/ — UK [luːz] / US [luz] verb Word forms lose : present tense I/you/we/they lose he/she/it loses present participle losing past tense lost UK [lɒst] / US [lɔst] past participle lost Get it right: lose: Don t confuse lose (a verb) and loose (an… …

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  • 33lose — [[t]lu͟ːz[/t]] ♦ loses, losing, lost 1) VERB If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you. [V n] A C Milan lost the Italian Cup Final... [V n] The government lost the… …

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  • 34sight*/*/*/ — [saɪt] noun I 1) [U] the ability to see using your eyes Syn: eyesight, vision people with poor sight[/ex] 2) [U] the act of seeing someone or something I don t know him personally, but I know him by sight (= I know what he looks like).[/ex] The… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 35sight — n. & v. n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or an instance of seeing; the state of being seen. 2 a thing seen; a display, show, or spectacle (not a pretty sight; a beautiful sight). 3 a way of looking at or… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36sight — noun 1》 the faculty or power of seeing. 2》 the action or fact of seeing someone or something.     ↘the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen. 3》 a thing that one sees or that can be seen.     ↘(sights) places of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 37sight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vision, eyesight; view, vista, scene; appearance, aspect, look; spectacle, display; visibility; aim, observation; eyesore (see ugliness). at sight II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The power of seeing] Syn.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38lose — v 1. misplace, mislay; forget, Inf. clean forget, not remember, disremember, have no remembrance or recollection of, Inf. draw a blank; lose sight of, lose in the crowd. 2. outstrip, overtake, overhaul, pass, lap, leave behind, leave in the dust …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 39sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …

    Dictionary of American idioms