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Lost

//lɒst// adj, verb

Definitions

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
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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