Difference between revisions of "lose"
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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# Make someting no come  well again.
 
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# Make someting comot for person hand without say person want am to.
 
# Make someting comot for person hand without say person want am to.
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#:* {{ux|dv| Di goat '''lose''' imsef, con run enter road.|(Egbokhare_2020. The goat esaped and found itself on the road.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|She '''lose''' evritin wen wata cari her house go for Gundu. |(bbc__60861. She lost all she owned when flood swept her house away.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Funny ways some people take '''lose''' dia job |(bbc__53301, The funny ways some persons lost their jobs.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Di goat '''lose''' imsef, con run enter road.|(Egbokhare_2020. The goat escaped and found itself on the road.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Funny ways some people take '''lose''' dia job |(bbc__53301, The funny ways through which some lost their jobs.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|l dey greet you sorry for wetin you don '''lose'''. |(bbc__65503, I sympathise with you over your loss.)}}
 
# make person die.
 
# make person die.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|'''Lose''' husband, '''lose''' pikin. |(NST_cleaned__6168. The husband and child died.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|'''Lose''' husband, '''lose''' pikin. |(NST_cleaned__6168. The husband and child died.)}}
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# Make someting cut.  
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#:* {{ux|dv|When woman '''lose''' im husband for my place, she dey cut all im hair comot|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. When a woman's husband dies, she is made to shave off all her hair by tradition.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|No need for anybody to '''lose''' dia life. |(bbc__22115. Its not necessary to die.)}}
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# Na Make dem cut someting comot.  
 
#:* {{ux|dv|E no easy to '''lose''' your leg or hand. |(bbc__44936. It is not easy for one's hand and leg to be cut off.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|E no easy to '''lose''' your leg or hand. |(bbc__44936. It is not easy for one's hand and leg to be cut off.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|No need for anybody to '''lose''' dia life. |(bbc__22115. Its not easy to die.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|No need for anybody to '''lose''' dia life. |(bbc__22115. Its not easy to die.)}}
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# Na make person go mad.
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# Na make person go mad or stop to dey reason well.
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#: {{ux|dv|E '''lose''' di head. |(BEN_32_I-Don-Tire-For-All-Dese-Boys_DG__131, He became insane.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|E '''lose''' di head. |(BEN_32_I-Don-Tire-For-All-Dese-Boys_DG__131, He became insane.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|She '''lose''' evritin wen wata cari her house go for Gundu. |(bbc__60861. )}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|if im vex like dis, e no dey fit control himself, he dey'''lose''' him head. |(bbc__99905, Once provoked, he looses his all self control.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Pipo wey dem keep for di centre dey '''lose''' all energy, Im add. |(bbc__58100, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Oga Kamara don congratulate im rival but im neva gree accept say im '''lose'''. |(bbc__76692, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Four things na: Who let am come die for us, why e let am come, wetin e '''lose''', and wetin the death do for our body. |(jw__12635, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|l dey greet you sorry for wetin you don '''lose'''. |(bbc__65503, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Whether na government or na di AFN get di blame, na Nigeria dey '''lose'''. |(bbc__99905, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|How to be di 'Total Man' by Covenant University Graduate wey sue Oxford University for 2:1 degree don '''lose''' |(bbc__78284, __no translation__)}}
 
  
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
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====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[throway]]
 
* [[throway]]
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====Antonyms====
 
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* loose 0.83 110, win 0.72 3213, kolobi 0.70 233, lost 0.70 159, score 0.67 1191, concede 0.66 10, leave 0.63 1444, beat 0.62 932, qualify 0.61 442
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* English: lossen,slack, slacken
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* English: ''out of control'', ''slack''

Revision as of 12:24, 26 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English lose.

Pronunciation

  • lûz


Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 5
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1160
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 686
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 496

Verb

  1. Make someting comot for person hand without say person want am to.
    She lose evritin wen wata cari her house go for Gundu.  — (bbc__60861. She lost all she owned when flood swept her house away.)
    • Di goat lose imsef, con run enter road.  — (Egbokhare_2020. The goat escaped and found itself on the road.)
    • Funny ways some people take lose dia job  — (bbc__53301, The funny ways through which some lost their jobs.)
    l dey greet you sorry for wetin you don lose.  — (bbc__65503, I sympathise with you over your loss.)
  2. make person die.
    • Lose husband, lose pikin.  — (NST_cleaned__6168. The husband and child died.)
    • When woman lose im husband for my place, she dey cut all im hair comot  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. When a woman's husband dies, she is made to shave off all her hair by tradition.)
    • No need for anybody to lose dia life.  — (bbc__22115. Its not necessary to die.)
  3. Na Make dem cut someting comot.
    • E no easy to lose your leg or hand.  — (bbc__44936. It is not easy for one's hand and leg to be cut off.)
    • No need for anybody to lose dia life.  — (bbc__22115. Its not easy to die.)
  4. Na make person go mad or stop to dey reason well.
    • E lose di head.  — (BEN_32_I-Don-Tire-For-All-Dese-Boys_DG__131, He became insane.)
    • if im vex like dis, e no dey fit control himself, he deylose him head.  — (bbc__99905, Once provoked, he looses his all self control.)

Related forms

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: out of control, slack
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