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- Dictionarylost/lɒst/
verb
- 1. past and past participle of lose
adjective
- 1. unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts: "Help! We're lost!" Similar
- 2. that has been taken away or cannot be recovered: "if only one could recapture one's lost youth" Similar
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LOST definition: 1. not knowing where you are and how to get to a place: 2. If something is lost, no one knows…. Learn more.
1. : not made use of, won, or claimed. a lost opportunity. 2. a. : no longer possessed. a lost reputation. b. : no longer known. a lost tunnel. 3. : ruined or destroyed physically or morally : desperate. a lost soul. 4. a. : taken away or beyond reach or attainment : denied. regions lost to the faith. b. : insensible, hardened. lost to shame. 5. a.
Lost definition: no longer possessed or retained. See examples of LOST used in a sentence.
12 meanings: 1. unable to be found or recovered 2. unable to find one's way or ascertain one's whereabouts 3. confused,.... Click for more definitions.
adj. 1. Unable to find one's way: a lost child. 2. a. No longer in the possession, care, or control of someone or something: a lost pen. b. No longer in existence; vanished or spent: lost youth. c. No longer known or practiced: a lost art. d. Beyond reach, communication, or influence: The expedition was lost to the world for two months. 3.
adjective. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered. “a lost child”. “ lost friends”. “his lost book”. “ lost opportunities”. synonyms: mislaid, misplaced. lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place.
Definition of lost adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
You use lost to refer to a period or state of affairs that existed in the past and no longer exists. He seemed to pine for his lost youth. They are links to a lost age.
LOSS definition: 1. the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something: 2. a disadvantage caused…. Learn more.
