lost

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/lɔst/

adj 5

Collocations

(adj.) unable to find the way

VERBS

get

My little sister got lost at the shopping mall last weekend.

ADV

completely

After taking several wrong turns, we were completely lost in the city center.

(adj.) not knowing what to do

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem

She looked lost in the crowded shopping center and asked a staff member for directions.

ADV

completely, totally

After the store rearranged all the aisles, my grandmother was completely lost.

very

a bit, a little, rather

He felt a bit lost when he first started his new job at the company.

Definitions

adj

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; no time should be lost

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — people who are destined to die soon

doomed

adjective — not caught with the senses or the mind

missed

adjective — unable to function

helpless

adjective — having lost your bearings

confused
disoriented

adjective — perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

get lost

Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.

lost cause

A person or thing that is hopeless or futile.

He has already made up his mind, and it's a lost cause to try to change it.

one who hesitates is lost

Alternative form of he who hesitates is lost.

One who hesitates is lost, goes the old saw, but so is one who plunges blindly ahead along a fixed path.

no love lost

Mutual dislike or animosity.

There was no love lost between the two opponents.

lost errand

Synonym of fool's errand.

The detective expressed his conviction that they were both on a lost errand. He was convinced that the boy would not make his appearance; although when pressed by Clive to do so, h

Example Bank

The children were soon lost in the forest.

Wiktionary

Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.

Wiktionary

an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd

Wiktionary

One million people lost their lives in the war.

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I have lost my wallet.

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Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.

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