lost
/lu:z/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Unable to find one's way; not knowing one's location: The state of being unable to determine your position or direction.
- No longer possessed or retained; unable to be found: Something that has gone missing and cannot be located.
- Spiritually or physically ruined or destroyed: Doomed or beyond recovery.
- Not won or gained: Referring to a contest, opportunity, or prize that was not secured.
- Deeply absorbed or engrossed: Completely immersed in thought or an activity to the exclusion of one's surroundings.
- Confused or bewildered: Perplexed and unable to understand a situation.
Noun (plural: the lost):
- People who are doomed or have perished: Those who are spiritually damned or have died, especially in a tragic context.
Examples
Adjective:
- The hiker was lost in the mountains for two days. (Unable to find the way)
- I have looked everywhere for my lost keys. (Unable to be found)
- He felt like a lost soul after the tragedy. (Spiritually ruined)
- It was a lost cause from the beginning. (Not able to be won)
- She was lost in her book and didn't hear the doorbell. (Deeply absorbed)
- I'm completely lost; could you explain the instructions again? (Confused)
Noun:
- The memorial honors the lost of the war. (Those who perished)
Advanced Usage
- "to be lost on someone": To not be understood or appreciated by someone.
- The subtle humor of the play was lost on the young audience.
- "to be lost for words": To be so surprised or shocked that one cannot think of anything to say.
- Her kindness left me lost for words.
- "to be lost in thought": To be so absorbed in thinking that you are unaware of other things.
- He stared out the window, lost in thought.
Variants and Related Words
- Lose (verb): To cease to have or possess; to fail to win.
- Try not to lose your ticket.
- Loss (noun): The fact or process of losing something or someone.
- The company reported a financial loss.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Missing, misplaced, vanished, bewildered, confused, absorbed, ruined, doomed.
- Noun: The deceased, the perished, the damned.
Related Phrases
- "Get lost!": (Idiom, informal) A rude way of telling someone to go away.
- He was annoying me, so I told him to get lost.
- "Make up for lost time": (Idiom) To do something quickly or with great effort because you have not had the opportunity to do it before.
- After the reunion, the old friends talked all night to make up for lost time.
Adjective
- unable to function; without help
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- obviously bemused by his questions
- bewildered and confused
- a cloudy and confounded philosopher
- just a mixed-up kid
- she felt lost on the first day of school
- deeply absorbed in thought
- as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
- lost in thought
- a preoccupied frown
- not caught with the senses or the mind
- words lost in the din
- incapable of being recovered or regained
- his lost honor
- not gained or won
- a lost battle
- a lost prize
- spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
- lost souls
- a lost generation
- a lost ship
- the lost platoon
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
- the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
- no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
- a lost child
- lost friends
- his lost book
- lost opportunities
Noun
- people who are destined to die soon
- the agony of the doomed was in his voice