English Explanatory Dictionary

lost

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of lose
adj
  1. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
  2. In an unknown location; unable to be found.
  3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
  4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
  5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
  6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
  7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
  8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.

Pronunciation

lŏst /lɒst/ En-ca-lost.ogg /lɔst/ En-uk-lost.ogg /lɔsʈ/ lôst /lɔːst/ läst /lɑst/ /lɑsʈ/

Word forms

lost los' loss loster more lost lostest most lost

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.

Derived words

I lost my backpack I lost my bag I lost my glasses I lost my handbag I lost my keys I lost my wallet I've lost my keys long-lost look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence no love lost all is not lost be lost to the four winds get lost he who hesitates is lost I'm lost long lost lost and found lost articles Lostaway lost cause Lost Creek Lost Dakota lost decade lost errand lost for words lost generation lost ground lost highway lost in action lost in the sauce lost in the shuffle lost in thought lost in time lost in translation lostling lost media lost motion lostness lost neutral lost on lost property lost river lost shark lost sheep lost soul lost to history lost to the world lost to time lost wages lost wax lost-wax casting lost-wax process lost weekend lost with all hands lost world make up for lost time one who hesitates is lost Ten Lost Tribes unlost

Translations

Albanian: humb Arabic: ضَائِع Arabic: مَفْقود Arabic: تايه Arabic: ضايِع Arabic: تايِه Armenian: կորած Armenian: մոլորված Asturian: perdíu Azerbaijani: azmış Bulgarian: загубен Catalan: perdut Cherokee: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ Chinese Mandarin: 迷路 Czech: ztracený Danish: vildfaren Danish: faret vild Esperanto: perdita Finnish: eksynyt Finnish: eksyksissä French: perdu Galician: perdido German: verirrt German: verloren German: umher irrend German: orientierungslos Greek: χαμένος Hebrew: אבוד Hebrew: אבודה Hungarian: elveszett Icelandic: týndur Icelandic: villtur Indonesian: tersesat Irish: ar strae Italian: perso Khmer: វង្វេង Korean: 길을 잃어버리다 Korean: 길을 잃다 Latin: dēsīderārī Latin: perditus Malay: sesat Malay: hilang Brunei Malay: sasat Māori: ngaro Mirandese: perdidoso Khiamniungan Naga: ūivā Persian: مفقود Persian: گم Polish: zagubiony Portuguese: perdido Romanian: pierdut Russian: заблуди́вшийся Sicilian: pirdutu Spanish: perdido Swedish: vilse Turkish: kayıp Turkish: yitik
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