TO LOSE SIGHT OF

Definition: TO LOSE SIGHT OF

1. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.

Modern Usage: TO LOSE SIGHT OF

Domain	Usage
Clever	Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Familiar Quotations: TO LOSE SIGHT OF

Modern Translation: TO LOSE SIGHT OF

Language		Translations for "TO LOSE SIGHT OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		aus dem Gesicht verlieren. (various references)

Hungarian		szem elől veszít vkit (to lose sight of sy), szem elől téveszt vkit (to lose sight of sy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		見失う (to miss). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		みうしなう (to miss). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay oselay ightsay ofay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO LOSE SIGHT OF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-g-h-i-l-o-o-o-s-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: ethologists, fetologists, osteologist.
	-3 letters: ethologist, fetologist, foolishest, footlights, ghostliest.
	-4 letters: footslogs, ghostiest, glottises, goosefish, oologists, otologies, shooflies, slightest, toothless.
	-5 letters: egotists, floosies, footiest, footless, footsies, footslog, giftless, goloshes, goofiest, goosiest, gothites, hoofless, hootiest, hostiles, hotfoots, leftists, lightest, loftiest, ologists, oologies, oologist, ostioles, otoliths, sleights, soothest, sootiest, stoolies, theologs, thistles, tootsies.
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Alternative Orthography: TO LOSE SIGHT OF

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

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Author	Quotation
George Eliot	Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.