Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unable to find one's way.
- adjective No longer in the possession, care, or control of someone or something.
- adjective No longer in existence; vanished or spent.
- adjective No longer known or practiced.
- adjective Beyond reach, communication, or influence.
- adjective Not used to one's benefit or advantage.
- adjective Having not been or unlikely to be won; unsuccessful.
- adjective Beyond recovery or redemption; fallen or destroyed.
- adjective Completely involved or absorbed; rapt.
- adjective Bewildered or confused.
- idiom (be lost on) To have no effect or influence on.
- idiom (be lost on) To be beyond the comprehension of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lose . - Parted with unwillingly or by misadventure; not to be found; no longer held or possessed; no longer kept in knowledge or remembrance: as, a lost book; a lost limb; a lost fortune.
- Not won or gained; missed: as, a lost prize; a lost chance.
- Not employed or enjoyed; not effectually or profitably used; misspent; wasted: as, a lost day; a lost opportunity.
- Ruined; destroyed; consumed or wasted away, whether physically or morally: as, lost health; lost honor.
- Spiritually ruined; abandoned morally; in theology, finally shut out from salvation or eternal life; damned: as, a lost soul.
- Bewildered; absent-minded; absorbed: as, he looked about in a lost way.
- Synonyms Missing.
- 4 and
- Shattered; overthrown; downfallen; depraved, abandoned, reprobate, profligate, incorrigible, shameless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing.
- adjective Parted with; no longer held or possessed
- adjective Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered
- adjective Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed
- adjective Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope
- adjective Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible
- adjective Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible
- adjective Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things.
- adjective (Mach.) the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lose . - adjective Unable to find one's way;
unavailable , with location unknown.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not gained or won
- adjective no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
- adjective unable to function; without help
- noun people who are destined to die soon
- adjective incapable of being recovered or regained
- adjective having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- adjective spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
- adjective deeply absorbed in thought
- adjective perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- adjective not caught with the senses or the mind
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Examples
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The dance for which many a princeling lost his kingdom..lost his wife home and family.
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The dance for which many a princeling lost his kingdom..lost his wife home and family.
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And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters; because, sometimes, _A little neglect may breed great mischief_; adding, _for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost_; being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
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The efforts of the woman to find the lost piece represent what Jesus did, when he left heaven, and took our nature upon him, and came as "the Son of man to _seek and to save that which was lost_."
The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Richard Newton
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Shall any of these heathen among whom I dwell, rise up at that awful season -- stretch out their hands towards you, and say, There stand the children who might have sent us the Bible, but they did not send it; and now we must be lost -- _lost for ever!
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Dr. John Scudder
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It would be terrible _to be lost to have been lost_ in the forest.
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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From there on the trail is lost -- lost -- _lost_, I tell you!
Kindred of the Dust 1918
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What I lost -- Ah! what I _lost_ was respect for "-- Blair choked --" for the institution that had deluded me.
The Day of the Beast Zane Grey 1905
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'And then there are the lost sheep,' said Rosalie, 'full of sin, and far away from the fold; they don't love the Good Shepherd, and sometimes they don't even know that they _are lost_.
A Peep Behind the Scenes O. F. Walton 1894
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As I heard "The Voice that breathed o'er Eden" and saw the bride of twenty-five advance up the aisle to meet the bridegroom of forty-five awaiting her deeply flushed, in a distorted white waistcoat -- I had mercilessly alluded to his white waistcoat as an error of judgment -- I gave myself up for lost; _and I was lost_.
The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Mary Cholmondeley 1892
bilby commented on the word lost
A village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In this case Lost is the Anglicisation of its Scots Gaelic name, Lòsda, meaning inn.
January 1, 2008
lampbane commented on the word lost
"Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I'm in a cross"
March 26, 2009