lost (lɒst
)
Definitions
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
- See get lost
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry= off-course
stray,
at sea,
adrift,
astray,
disoriented,
disorientated,
off-track gone astray having lost your bearings
=
wasted,
consumed,
neglected,
misused,
squandered,
forfeited,
dissipated,
misdirected,
frittered away,
misspent,
misapplied,
=
engrossed,
taken up,
absorbed,
entranced,
abstracted,
absent,
distracted,
preoccupied,
immersed,
dreamy,
rapt,
spellbound,
=
fallen,
corrupt,
depraved,
wanton,
abandoned,
damned,
profligate,
dissolute,
licentious,
unchaste,
irreclaimable,
lose (luːz)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: loses, losing, 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
- See lose it
Alternative Forms
ˈlosable adjective ˈlosableness nounWord Origin
Old English losian to perish; related to Old English -lēosan as in forlēosan to forfeit. Compare looseSynonyms
View thesaurus entry= be defeated be beaten
lose out,
be worsted
come to grief,
come a cropper,
be the loser suffer defeat get the worst of take a licking
crash out,
=
mislay,
miss,
drop,
forget,
displace,
be deprived of fail to keep
lose track of,
suffer loss
misplace,
= escape from
pass,
leave behind,
evade,
lap,
duck,
dodge,
shake off,
elude,
slip away from
outstrip,
throw off,
outrun,
outdistance,
give someone the slip,
Quotations
"You cannot lose what you never had"
Translations
- British English:
lost
If you are lost, you do not know where you are or you are unable to find your way.I realised I was lost.lɒst ADJECTIVE I realised I was lost.
- Spanish:
perdido
adj perdida
- French:
perdu
adj
- German:
verloren
adj
- Chinese: 走丢的 adj
- Arabic: تَائِهٌ adj
- Portuguese: perdido adj perdida
- Russian: потерянный adj потерянная
- Croatian: izgubljen adj izgubljena
- Czech: ztracený adj
- Danish: tabt adj
- Dutch: verloren adj
- Finnish: eksynyt adj
- Greek: χαμένος adj χαμένη
- Italian: perso adj persa
- Japanese: 失った no_posp
- Korean: 잃은 adj
- Norwegian: bortkommen v bortkommet
- Polish: zagubiony adj zagubiona
- Brazilian Portuguese: perdido adj perdida
- European Spanish:
perdido
adj perdida
- Swedish: försvunnen adj försvunnet
- Thai: สูญหาย adj
- Turkish: kayıp adj
- Vietnamese: bị lạc đường adj
Usage examples
Christian seemed lost in his memories: `I remember that house in the country.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)The 18th century was famously a period when the rich and fashionable lost huge fortunes at the tables.
Country Life (2004)The incident happened when the driver lost control of their car and it hit a tree and burst into flames.
Irish Times (2002)Actress Dorothy Paul, who toured with Logan in 1982, said:'Another of that great generation of Scots talent is lost to us all.
Glasgow Herald (2001)No child was forthcoming, and by October she became febrile, confused and lost her vision.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)