Meaning

8 senses
  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.

    verschollen, verloren, verirrt

    поте́рянныйpotérjannyj, расте́рянныйrastérjannyj, пропа́вшийpropávšij

    no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

  3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.

    an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd

    unauffindbar

    пропа́вший из ви́дуpropávšij iz vídu, исче́знувший из по́ля зре́нияisčéznuvšij iz pólja zrénija

    not caught with the senses or the mind

  4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.

    a lost limb; lost honour

    verloren, verlustig, weg

    утра́ченныйutráčennyj

  5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

    a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit; no time should be lost

    rausgeschmissen, rausgeworfen

  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

    погибшийpogibšij, падшийpadšij, пропадшийpropadšij

    spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

  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

    погружённыйpogružónnyj

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 6
unable to find one's way:
in an unknown location:
not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible:
parted with; no longer held or possessed:
ruined or destroyed:
occupied with, or under the influence of, something:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
unable to find one's way:
in an unknown location:
not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible:
parted with; no longer held or possessed:
not employed or enjoyed; thrown away:

Origin

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past

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.

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Forms

loster/more lost, lostest/most lost
Comparativeloster / more lost Lesson
Superlativelostest / most lost Lesson

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

26 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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