lost

See also: Lost, löst, løst, and łöst

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose +‎ -t.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA(key): /lɒst/
  • (UK, dated) enPR: lŏst, IPA(key): /lɔːst/
  • (US) enPR: lôst, IPA(key): /lɔst/
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: läst, IPA(key): /lɑst/
  • Audio (CA)(file)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒst, -ɔːst

Verb

lost

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lose

Derived terms

Adjective

lost (comparative loster or more lost, superlative lostest or most lost)

  1. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
    The children were soon lost in the forest.
  2. In an unknown location; unable to be found.
    Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
  3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
    an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
  4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
    a lost limb; lost honour
  5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
    a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit
  6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
    a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
  7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
    lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
  8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
    to be lost in thought

Derived terms
Terms derived from lost (adjective)

Translations
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Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh llost, Cornish lost, Gaulish losto-, from Proto-Celtic *lustā, from the root *leu- "to divide, to split", possibly related to Old High German ljóstr and English leister.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔst]

Noun

lost m (plural lostoù)

  1. A tail.
  2. (informal) a cock, a penis.
    Ha ma lost bras 'zo bet troc'het
    And my big penis was cut off (from a Breton bawdy song)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Verb

lost

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of lossen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of lossen

Adjective

lost

  1. Superlative form of los

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /loːst/

Verb

lost

  1. Second-person singular present of losen.
  2. Third-person singular present of losen.
  3. Second-person plural present of losen.
  4. Imperative plural of losen.
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