lost Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun people who are destined to die soon
    doomed.
    • the agony of the doomed was in his voice
  2. verb fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
    lose.
    • She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
  3. verb fail to win
    lose.
    • We lost the battle but we won the war
  4. verb suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
    lose.
    • She lost her husband in the war
    • The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
  5. verb place (something) where one cannot find it again
    mislay; misplace; lose.
    • I misplaced my eyeglasses
  6. verb miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
    lose.
    • I've lost my glasses again!
  7. verb allow to go out of sight
    lose.
    • The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
  8. verb fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
    turn a loss; lose.
    • I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
    • The company turned a loss after the first year
  9. verb fail to get or obtain
    lose.
    • I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
  10. verb retreat
    drop off; fall back; fall behind; recede; lose.
  11. verb fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
    miss; lose.
    • I missed that remark
    • She missed his point
    • We lost part of what he said
  12. verb be set at a disadvantage
    suffer; lose.
    • This author really suffers in translation
  13. adjective no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
    • a lost child
    • lost friends
    • his lost book
    • lost opportunities
  14. adjective satellite having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
    confused; disoriented.
    • I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
    • the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
  15. adjective spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
    • lost souls
    • a lost generation
    • a lost ship
    • the lost platoon
  16. adjective not gained or won
    • a lost battle
    • a lost prize
  17. adjective satellite incapable of being recovered or regained
    • his lost honor
  18. adjective satellite not caught with the senses or the mind
    missed.
    • words lost in the din
  19. adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
    deep in thought; bemused; preoccupied.
    • as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
    • lost in thought
    • a preoccupied frown
  20. adjective satellite perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
    baffled; bewildered; bemused; confounded; confused; befuddled; at sea; mazed; mixed-up.
    • 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
  21. adjective satellite unable to function; without help
    helpless.

WordNet

Lost adjective
Etymology
Prop. p. p. of OE. losien. See Lose, v. t.
Definitions
  1. Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.
  2. Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.
  3. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.
  4. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.
  5. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.
  6. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
  7. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.
  8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.

Webster 1913