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LOST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lost mean?
• LOST (noun)
The noun LOST has 1 sense:
1. people who are destined to die soon
Familiarity information: LOST used as a noun is very rare.
• LOST (adjective)
The adjective LOST has 9 senses:
1. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
2. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
3. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
4. not gained or won
5. incapable of being recovered or regained
6. not caught with the senses or the mind
7. deeply absorbed in thought
8. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
9. unable to function; without help
Familiarity information: LOST used as an adjective is familiar.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who are destined to die soon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
doomed; lost
Context example:
the agony of the doomed was in his voice
Hypernyms ("lost" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Sense 1
Meaning:
No longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
Context example:
lost opportunities
Similar:
mislaid; misplaced (lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place)
missing (not able to be found)
squandered; wasted (not used to good advantage)
stray ((of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home)
straying (unable to find your way)
Also:
lost (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed)
Antonym:
found (come upon unexpectedly or after searching)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Synonyms:
confused; disoriented; lost
Context example:
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Similar:
unoriented (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
Context example:
the lost platoon
Similar:
cursed; damned; doomed; unredeemed; unsaved (in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell)
destroyed; ruined (destroyed physically or morally)
Also:
cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)
unregenerate; unregenerated (not reformed morally or spiritually)
lost (no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered)
Antonym:
saved (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not gained or won
Context example:
a lost prize
Similar:
confiscate; forfeit; forfeited (surrendered as a penalty)
Antonym:
won (not subject to defeat)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Incapable of being recovered or regained
Context example:
his lost honor
Similar:
irrecoverable; unrecoverable (incapable of being recovered or regained)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Not caught with the senses or the mind
Synonyms:
lost; missed
Context example:
words lost in the din
Similar:
incomprehensible; uncomprehensible (difficult to understand)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Deeply absorbed in thought
Synonyms:
bemused; lost; preoccupied
Context example:
a preoccupied frown
Similar:
thoughtful (exhibiting or characterized by careful thought)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Synonyms:
at sea; baffled; befuddled; bemused; bewildered; confounded; confused; lost; mazed; mixed-up
Context example:
she felt lost on the first day of school
Similar:
perplexed (full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Unable to function; without help
Synonyms:
helpless; lost
Similar:
hopeless (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success)
Context examples
Ivan was silent, lost in thought.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
When the function of this gene is lost, the disease Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI) results.
(Arginine Vasopressin Receptor 2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
The fraction of beam intensity being lost per unit length of the transmitting material in a chosen x direction.
(Attenuation Coefficient, NCI Thesaurus)
The baths at Nassau were very gay, so was Baden-Baden, where Fred lost some money, and I scolded him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Have you lost any documents before?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Some members are active cysteine protease inhibitors; others have lost or never acquired inhibitory activity.
(Cystatin Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Go out and reach a familiar destination without getting lost?
(DAD - Go Out and Reach a Familiar Destination Without Getting Lost, NCI Thesaurus)
By preventing crosslinking of peptidoglycan, cell wall integrity is lost and cell wall synthesis is halted.
(Cefmenoxime, NCI Thesaurus)
Results showed youngsters using probiotics lost a 'significantly' higher number of pounds compared to those who didn't.
(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
After accounting for age, sex, race and baseline weight, the researchers found that the people who lost the least weight during the calorie-reduced period were those whose metabolism decreased the most during fasting.
(Ease of weight loss influenced by individual biology, NIH)
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