los — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

bound, over

I felt completely lost over the complicated instructions they gave us yesterday.

VERB + LOS

call, collect, flying, going, lives, stayed, stopped, time

We stayed in Los Angeles for two weeks during our summer vacation.

LOS + NOUN

angeles, chicago, lynx, spani, vacation, way

I visited Los Angeles last summer and loved the beaches there.

PREP.

from, in, on

We hiked in Los Angeles last summer and visited the beaches along the coast.

Definitions

noun

1

A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.

The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.

A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.

noun

1

Obsolete form of loss.

If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce.

noun

1

Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).

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01

The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.

Wiktionary

02

A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.

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03

If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly cal

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04

I'd like to make a collect call to Los Angeles.

Tatoeba · #29362

05

What's the arrival time in Los Angeles?

Tatoeba · #29370

06

Los Angeles is one of the places that I'd like to visit.

Tatoeba · #29371

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, los is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.