lose sight of

English

Verb

lose sight of (third-person singular simple present loses sight of, present participle losing sight of, simple past and past participle lost sight of)

1. To be no longer able to see.

   The soldier lost sight of the enemy.

2. To fail to remember; to overlook or neglect.

   After he graduated from university he lost sight of his career goals.

   • 2022 March 9, Paul Clifton, “RAIL Supplement: Reimagining and rebooting the passenger railway”, in RAIL, number 952, page 6 (supplement):

     Smith warns: "You must not lose sight of the fact that not everyone can do contactless payment and mobile ticketing. Not everyone has a bank account, not everyone can use a smartphone, not everyone works cashless.

Translations

be no longer able to see

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看不見／看不见 (zh) (kànbujiàn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kadottaa näkyvistään
• Italian: accecarsi (it)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: потеря́ть из ви́ду pf (poterjátʹ iz vídu)

fail to remember

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忽略 (zh) (hūlüè), 忘記／忘记 (zh) (wàngjì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: unohtaa (fi), lyödä laimin, hylätä (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: потеря́ть из ви́ду pf (poterjátʹ iz vídu)

References

• “lose sight of”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.