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zaudēt

Pronunciation: [ˈzàwdɛ̂ːt]

“zaudēt” is a Latvian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lose (to cause something to not be in one's possession, e.g., because of circumstances or bad luck)
  2. to lose (to end up without (something), to not have been able to protect, conserve (something))
  3. to lose (to be without a relative, friend, acquaintance, etc. after his or her death, or after divorce)
  4. to lose (to become such that a given body part, organ or bodily function is lacking)
  5. to lose (to have less of it)
  6. to lose (to become such that one no longer has it)
  7. to lose (to no longer have a certain appearance or quality)
  8. to lose (to have one's speed, altitude, size, etc. decrease)
  9. to lose (to not obtain, to not get, something that could have been obtained, gotten; to spend something pointlessly)
  10. to lose (to be beaten, defeated)

Etymology

Cognates include Lithuanian žavi̇̀nti, žudýti (“to kill, to destroy”). From the same stem as zust (“to disappear”) (q.v.), of which zaudēt was originally one of the causative forms. The original meaning “to destroy” is attested in 17th-century texts.

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