lost

[ lawst, lost ]

/ lɔst, lɒst /

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adjective

no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.

no longer to be found: lost articles.

having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc.: lost children.

not used to good purpose, as opportunities, time, or labor; wasted: a lost advantage.

being something that someone has failed to win: a lost prize.

ending in or attended with defeat: a lost battle.

destroyed or ruined: lost ships.

preoccupied; rapt: He seems lost in thought.

distracted; distraught; desperate; hopeless: the lost look of a man trapped and afraid.

verb (used with or without object)

simple past tense and past participle of lose.

Idioms for lost

get lost, Slang.

to absent oneself: I think I'll get lost before an argument starts.
to stop being a nuisance: If they call again, tell them to get lost.

lost to,

no longer belonging to.
no longer possible or open to: The opportunity was lost to him.
insensible to: lost to all sense of duty.

SYNONYMS FOR lost

1 forfeited, gone, missing.

3 confused, perplexed.

4 squandered.

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ANTONYMS FOR lost

1 found.

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OTHER WORDS FROM lost

un·lost, adjective

Words nearby lost

loss ratio, lossless, lossmaker, lossmaking, lossy, lost, lost and found, lost cause, lost colony, lost generation, lost in the shuffle

Definition for lost (2 of 2)

lose

[ looz ]

/ luz /

verb (used with object), lost, los·ing.

to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.

to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.

to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.

to be bereaved of by death: to lose a sister.

to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain: to lose one's balance; to lose one's figure.

(of a clock or watch) to run slower by: The watch loses three minutes a day.

to give up; forfeit the possession of: to lose a fortune at the gaming table.

to get rid of: to lose one's fear of the dark; to lose weight; She needs to lose those bangs!

to bring to destruction or ruin (usually used passively): Ship and crew were lost.

to condemn to hell; damn.

to have slip from sight, hearing, attention, etc.: to lose him in the crowd.

to stray from or become ignorant of (one's way, directions, etc.): to lose one's bearings.

to leave far behind in a pursuit, race, etc.; outstrip: She managed to lose the other runners on the final lap of the race.

to use to no purpose; waste: to lose time in waiting.

to fail to have, get, catch, etc.; miss: to lose a bargain.

to fail to win (a prize, stake, etc.): to lose a bet.

to be defeated in (a game, lawsuit, battle, etc.): He has lost very few cases in his career as a lawyer.

to cause the loss of: The delay lost the battle for them.

to let (oneself) go astray, miss the way, etc.: We lost ourselves in the woods.

to allow (oneself) to become absorbed or engrossed in something and oblivious to all else: I had lost myself in thought.

(of a physician or other medical personnel) to fail to preserve the life of (a patient): The doctor came out of the operating room and sadly said, “So sorry. We lost him.”

(of a woman) to fail to be delivered of (a live baby) because of miscarriage, complications in childbirth, etc.

verb (used without object), lost, los·ing.

to suffer loss: to lose on a contract.

to suffer defeat or fail to win, as in a contest, race, or game: We played well, but we lost.

to depreciate in effectiveness or in some other essential quality: a classic that loses in translation.

(of a clock, watch, etc.) to run slow.

Verb Phrases

lose out, to suffer defeat or loss; fail to obtain something desired: He got through the preliminaries, but lost out in the finals.

Origin of lose

before 900; Middle English losen, Old English -lēosan; replacing Middle English lesen, itself also reflecting Old English -lēosan; cognate with German verlieren, Gothic fraliusan to lose. See loss

OTHER WORDS FROM lose

re·lose, verb (used with object), re·lost, re·los·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lose

loose loosen lose loss

Example sentences from the Web for lost

So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.

Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder |Jason McGahan |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.

Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone |Samantha Levine |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He was not originally so uninhibited, however, as can now be seen in his “lost” novel, Skylight.

The Lost Novel of Nobel-Winner José Saramago |Charles Shafaieh |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
“The origin of Brokpas is lost in antiquity,” a research article from the University of Delhi notes.

The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans |Nina Strochlic |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

He lost his bid for a fourth term to George Pataki that year.

President Cuomo Would’ve Been a Lion |Jonathan Alter |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Hide it not for my help, for my honour, but tell me, Lest my time and thy time be lost days and confusion!

Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough |William Morris
Surely we thought we were lost before, when he threw the great rock, and washed our ship back to the shore.

The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) |Various
Paler and slighter than in the old days, she had lost none of her beauty.

Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir |Charles Garvice
The building is so far beyond any familiar proportions that at first sight all details are lost upon its broad front.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 |Francis Marion Crawford
Helen did not answer, nor did she half realize the question, so lost was she in her own misery.

King Midas |Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for lost (1 of 2)

lost

/ (lɒst) /

adjective

unable to be found or recovered

unable to find one's way or ascertain one's whereabouts

confused, bewildered, or helpless he is lost in discussions of theory

(sometimes foll by on) not utilized, noticed, or taken advantage of (by) rational arguments are lost on her

no longer possessed or existing because of defeat, misfortune, or the passage of time a lost art

destroyed physically the lost platoon

(foll by to) no longer available or open (to)

(foll by to) insensible or impervious (to a sense of shame, justice, etc)

(foll by in) engrossed (in) he was lost in his book

morally fallen a lost woman

damned a lost soul

get lost (usually imperative) informal go away and stay away

British Dictionary definitions for lost (2 of 2)

lose

/ (luːz) /

verb loses, losing or lost (mainly tr)

to part with or come to be without, as through theft, accident, negligence, etc

to fail to keep or maintain to lose one's balance

to suffer the loss or deprivation of to lose a parent

to cease to have or possess

to fail to get or make use of to lose a chance

(also intr) to fail to gain or win (a contest, game, etc) to lose the match

to fail to see, hear, perceive, or understand I lost the gist of his speech

to waste to lose money gambling

to wander from so as to be unable to find to lose one's way

to cause the loss of his delay lost him the battle

to allow to go astray or out of sight we lost him in the crowd

(usually passive) to absorb or engross he was lost in contemplation

(usually passive) to cause the death or destruction of two men were lost in the attack

to outdistance or elude he soon lost his pursuers

(intr) to decrease or depreciate in value or effectiveness poetry always loses in translation

(also intr) (of a timepiece) to run slow (by a specified amount) the clock loses ten minutes every day

(of a physician) to fail to sustain the life of (a patient)

(of a woman) to fail to give birth to (a viable baby), esp as the result of a miscarriage

motor racing slang to lose control of (the car), as on a bend he lost it going into Woodcote

lose it slang to lose control of oneself or one's temper

Derived forms of lose

losable, adjective losableness, noun

Word Origin for lose

Old English losian to perish; related to Old English -lēosan as in forlēosan to forfeit. Compare loose

Idioms and Phrases with lost (1 of 2)

lost

In addition to the idioms beginning with lost

lost cause
lost in the shuffle
lost in thought
lost on one

also see:

get lost
he who hesitates is lost
make up for lost time
no love lost
you've lost me

Also seelose.

Idioms and Phrases with lost (2 of 2)

lose

In addition to the idioms beginning with lose

lose face
lose ground
lose heart
lose it
lose no time
lose one's bearings
lose one's buttons
lose one's cool
lose oneself in
lose one's grip
lose one's head
lose one's hear to
lose one's lunch
lose one's marbles
lose one's mind
lose one's nerve
lose one's shirt
lose one's temper
lose one's touch
lose out
lose sight of
lose sleep over
lose the thread
lose time
lose touch
lose track

also see:

get (lose) one's bearings
keep (lose) one's cool
keep (lose) track
win some, lose some

Also see underlosinglost.

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verb (used with or without object)

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Definition for lost (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), lost, los·ing.

verb (used without object), lost, los·ing.

Verb Phrases

Origin of lose

OTHER WORDS FROM lose

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lose

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adjective

British Dictionary definitions for lost (2 of 2)

verb loses, losing or lost (mainly tr)

Derived forms of lose

Word Origin for lose

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lost

adjective

verb (used with or without object)

Idioms for lost

SYNONYMS FOR lost

ANTONYMS FOR lost

OTHER WORDS FROM lost

Words nearby lost

Definition for lost (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), lost, los·ing.

verb (used without object), lost, los·ing.

Verb Phrases

Origin of lose

OTHER WORDS FROM lose

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lose

Words related to lost

Example sentences from the Web for lost

British Dictionary definitions for lost (1 of 2)

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for lost (2 of 2)

verb loses, losing or lost (mainly tr)

Derived forms of lose

Word Origin for lose

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