lost en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /lɑst/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
- /lɔst/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- läst father-bother merger
- /lɒst/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Canada) audio
- (UK) audio
- /lɔst/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
- /lɑsʈ/ (South-Asia)
- lôst lot–cloth split
- lŏst
- /lɔsʈ/ (South-Asia)
- /lɔːst/ (UK, dated)
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.
Meanings
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Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
The children were soon lost in the forest.
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In an unknown location; unable to be found.
Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
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Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
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Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
a lost limb; lost honour
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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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Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
They struck me also as being of surpassing interest as representing, probably with studious accuracy, the last rites of the dead as practised among an utterly lost people, and even then I thought how envious some antiquarian friends of my own at Cambridge would be if ever I found an opportunity of describing these wonderful remains to them.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
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Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
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Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
to be lost in thought
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more lost | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| lostest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most lost | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| loster | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| loss | alternative | lexicographic | |
| los' | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lost cause · lost-wax casting · I'm lost · Lost Creek · lost motion · lost on · lost in the sauce · lost wax · lost to history · lost decade · lost generation · lost for words · lost articles · lost highway · lost sheep · lost soul · lost property · Lost River · lost in time · Lost Dakota · lost with all hands · lostness · all is not lost · lost to time · lost and found · lost media · unlost · long lost · lost ground · lostling · lost in thought · lost weekend · lost world · lost-wax process · lost in translation · lost river · get lost · lost to the world · lost neutral · one who hesitates is lost · be lost to the four winds · lost wages · Lostaway · lost in action · lost errand · Ten Lost Tribes · lost shark · lost in the shuffle · he who hesitates is lost · make up for lost time
Translations (130)
fi hukattu (not employed or enjoyed; thrown away) · he אבוד (unable to find one's way) · de verloren (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · de verloren (in an unknown location) · ru заблуди́вшийся (unable to find one's way) · da faret vild (unable to find one's way) · hy մոլորված (unable to find one's way) · de orientierungslos (unable to find one's way) · tr kayıp (in an unknown location) · bg загубен (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · hy կորած (in an unknown location) · fa گم (unable to find one's way) · el χαμένος (unable to find one's way) · fi eksynyt (unable to find one's way) · ru поте́рянный (in an unknown location) · ko 길을 잃어버리다 (unable to find one's way) · pl zagubiony (in an unknown location) · is týndur (in an unknown location) · bg загубен (unable to find one's way) · az azmış (unable to find one's way) · pt perdido (in an unknown location) · ms lenyap (not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible) · hy կորուսյալ (in an unknown location) · ru пропадший (ruined or destroyed) · de verlustig (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · ru погибший (ruined or destroyed) · el χαμένος (in an unknown location) · mi ngaro (in an unknown location) · chr ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (unable to find one's way) · acw تايِه (unable to find one's way) · fi menetetty (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · ms sesat (unable to find one's way) · ru утра́ченный (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · ajp ضايِع (unable to find one's way) · de verloren (unable to find one's way) · ms hilang (unable to find one's way) · kix ūivā (unable to find one's way) · id tersesat (unable to find one's way) · ru расте́рянный (in an unknown location) · it perso (in an unknown location) · fi uppoutunut (occupied with, or under the influence of, something) · ast perdíu (unable to find one's way) · de unauffindbar (not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible) · da vildfaren (unable to find one's way) · de -los (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · ru падший (ruined or destroyed) · fa مفقود (unable to find one's way) · kxd ilang (in an unknown location) · unm taonkël (unable to find one's way) · hu elveszett (unable to find one's way) · cs ztracený (unable to find one's way) · sq humb (unable to find one's way) · fi eksyksissä (unable to find one's way) · mfe perdi (in an unknown location) · bg изгу́бен (in an unknown location) · it perso (unable to find one's way) · fi kadonnut (ruined or destroyed) · ru погружённый (occupied with, or under the influence of, something) · ru разбитый (ruined or destroyed) · pl zagubiony (unable to find one's way) · la āmissus (in an unknown location) · fi kadoksissa (in an unknown location) · fi kadonnut (not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible) · de weg (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · vi lạc (unable to find one's way) · ar مَفْقود (unable to find one's way) · ms binasa (ruined or destroyed) · ro pierdut (unable to find one's way) · ga ar strae (unable to find one's way) · de verirrt (in an unknown location) · fi paatunut (hardened beyond sensibility or recovery) · mi ngaro (unable to find one's way) · acw مَفْقود (unable to find one's way) · fi hukattu (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · arz تايه (unable to find one's way) · fa مفقود (in an unknown location) · ms hilang (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · pl stracony (parted with; no longer held or possessed) · de verschollen (in an unknown location) · la perditus (unable to find one's way) · fr perdu (unable to find one's way) · is villtur (unable to find one's way) · es perdido (in an unknown location) · pt perdido (unable to find one's way) · ca perdut (unable to find one's way) · ms hilang (not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible) · gl perdido (unable to find one's way) · ko 길을 잃다 (unable to find one's way) · ga caillte (in an unknown location) · fa گم (in an unknown location) · ru исче́знувший из по́ля зре́ния (not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible) · tr yitik (in an unknown location) · la dēsīderārī (in an unknown location) · tr kayıp (unable to find one's way) · da forsvundet (in an unknown location) · nb tapt (in an unknown location) · ru пропа́вший (in an unknown location) · cmn 迷路 (unable to find one's way) · ru naprásno / zrja / dárom potráčennyj (not employed or enjoyed; thrown away) · fi kadonnut (in an unknown location) · vi thất lạc (in an unknown location) · de umher irrend (unable to find one's way) · kxd sasat (unable to find one's way) · mwl perdidoso (unable to find one's way) · eo perdita (in an unknown location) · es perdido (unable to find one's way) · kix ūivā (in an unknown location) · eo perdita (unable to find one's way) · de rausgeworfen (not employed or enjoyed; thrown away) · fi kadotettu (ruined or destroyed) · he אבודה (unable to find one's way) · la dēsīderārī (unable to find one's way) · fr perdu (in an unknown location) · cmn 被遺失 /被遗失 (in an unknown location) · tr yitik (unable to find one's way) · ar ضَائِع (unable to find one's way) · de verirrt (unable to find one's way) · acw ضايِع (unable to find one's way) · pt extraviado (in an unknown location) · unm aonkël (unable to find one's way) · is týndur (unable to find one's way) · scn pirdutu (unable to find one's way) · fi hukassa (in an unknown location) · ru пропа́вший из ви́ду (not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible) · it smarrito (in an unknown location) · hy կորած (unable to find one's way) · km វង្វេង (unable to find one's way) · de rausgeschmissen (not employed or enjoyed; thrown away) · sv vilse (unable to find one's way) · nl kwijt (in an unknown location)