Pronunciation
- (British) enPR: lŏst, IPA: /lɒst/
- (UK, dated) enPR: lôst, IPA: /lɔːst/
- (America) enPR: lôst, IPA: /lɔst/
- (cot-caught) enPR: läst, IPA: /lɑst/
- Simple past tense and past participle of lose
lost (comparative loster, superlative lostest)
- Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
- The children were soon lost in the forest.
- In an unknown location; unable to be found.
- Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
- Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
- an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
- Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
- a lost limb; lost honour
- Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
- a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit
- Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
- a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
- Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
- lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
- Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
- to be lost in thought
- French: perdu
- German: verirrt, verloren, umher irrend, orientierungslos
- Italian: perso
- Portuguese: perdido
- Russian: заблудиться
- Spanish: perdido
- French: perdu
- German: verschollen, verloren, verirrt
- Italian: perso, smarrito
- Portuguese: perdido, extraviado
- Russian: поте́рянный
- Spanish: perdido
- German: unauffindbar
- German: rausgeschmissen, rausgeworfen
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