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- [lawst, lost]
- /lɔst, lɒst/
- /lɒst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lawst, lost]
- /lɔst, lɒst/
Definitions of lost word
- adjective lost no longer possessed or retained: lost friends. 1
- adjective lost no longer to be found: lost articles. 1
- adjective lost having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc.: lost children. 1
- adjective lost not used to good purpose, as opportunities, time, or labor; wasted: a lost advantage. 1
- adjective lost being something that someone has failed to win: a lost prize. 1
- adjective lost ending in or attended with defeat: a lost battle. 1
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Origin of lost
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English losen, Old English -lēosan; replacing Middle English lesen, itself also reflecting Old English -lēosan; cognate with German verlieren, Gothic fraliusan to lose. See loss
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Parts of speech for Lost
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lost popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lost usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lost
adj lost
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- adrift — If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone.
- disoriented — confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients.
- invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
adjective lost
- missing — Missing definition
- entranced — Held at attention, as if by magic.
- engrossed — Having all one's attention or interest absorbed by someone or something.
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- confused — If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do.
Antonyms for lost
adj lost
- successful — achieving or having achieved success.
- winning — a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- aware — If you are aware of something, you know about it.
- cognizant — If someone is cognizant of something, they are aware of it or understand it.
adjective lost
- accomplishing — Present participle of accomplish.
- existent — Having reality or existence.
- existing — In existence or operation at the time under consideration; current.
adverb lost
- in line — (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- abreast — If people or things walk or move abreast, they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.
- shoulder to shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
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