Lost

//lɒst// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    people who are destined to die soon wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of lose form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

    "The children were soon lost in the forest."

  2. 2
    In an unknown location; unable to be found.

    "Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world."

  3. 3
    Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.

    "an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd"

  4. 4
    Parted with; no longer held or possessed.

    "a lost limb; lost honour"

  5. 5
    Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

    "a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit; no time should be lost"

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  1. 6
    Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.

    "a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul"

  2. 7
    Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.

    "lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour"

  3. 8
    Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.

    "to be lost in thought"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not caught with the senses or the mind wordnet
  2. 2
    unable to function; without help wordnet
  3. 3
    no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered wordnet
  4. 4
    spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed wordnet
  5. 5
    not gained or won wordnet
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  1. 6
    having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity wordnet
  2. 7
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment wordnet
  3. 8
    cannot be recovered or regained wordnet
  4. 9
    deeply absorbed in thought wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bemusedbewildereddestroyeddisorienteddoomedmisplaced

Example

More examples

"One million people lost their lives in the war."

Etymology

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t.

Related phrases

I lost my backpackI lost my bagI lost my glassesI lost my handbagI lost my keysI lost my walletI'm lostI've lost my keysLost CreekTen Lost Tribesall is not lostbe lost to the four winds

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