lost (lôst, l st)v. Past tense and past participle of lose. adj. Idiom: 1. Unable to find one's way: a lost child. 2. a. No longer in the possession, care, or control of someone or something: a lost pen. b. No longer in existence; vanished or spent: lost youth. c. No longer known or practiced: a lost art. d. Beyond reach, communication, or influence: The expedition was lost to the world for two months. 3. Not used to one's benefit or advantage: a lost opportunity. 4. Having not been or unlikely to be won; unsuccessful: a lost battle; a lost cause. 5. Beyond recovery or redemption; fallen or destroyed: a lost soul. 6. a. Completely involved or absorbed; rapt: lost in thought. b. Bewildered or confused: I'm lost  can you start over? be lost on 1. To have no effect or influence on: Her advice was lost on me. 2. To be beyond the comprehension of: The lecture was lost on us. |
lost [lɒst]
adj
1. unable to be found or recovered
2. unable to find one's way or ascertain one's whereabouts
3. confused, bewildered, or helpless he is lost in discussions of theory
4. (sometimes foll by on) not utilized, noticed, or taken advantage of (by) rational arguments are lost on her
5. no longer possessed or existing because of defeat, misfortune, or the passage of time a lost art
6. destroyed physically the lost platoon
7. (foll by to) no longer available or open (to)
8. (foll by to) insensible or impervious (to a sense of shame, justice, etc.)
9. (foll by in) engrossed (in) he was lost in his book
10. morally fallen a lost woman
11. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) damned a lost soul
get lost (usually imperative) Informal go away and stay away
In artillery and naval gunfire support, a spotting, or an observation used by a spotter or an observer to indicate that rounds fired by a gun or mortar were not observed.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  lost - people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| Adj. | 1. | lost - no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities" lost - spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" found - come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" |
| 2. | lost - having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented" unoriented - not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map" | |
| 3. | lost - spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" cursed, curst - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" lost - no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities" unregenerated, unregenerate - not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism" saved - rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul" | |
| 4. | lost - not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" won - not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game" | |
| 5. | lost - incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor" irrecoverable, unrecoverable - incapable of being recovered or regained | |
| 6. | lost - not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din" uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein | |
| 7. | lost - deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper" | |
| 8. |  lost - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"perplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world" | |
| 9. | lost - unable to function; without help hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" |
lost
adjective
1. missing, missed, disappeared, vanished, strayed, wayward, forfeited, misplaced, mislaid a lost book
2. off-course, stray, at sea, adrift, astray, disoriented, disorientated, off-track, gone astray, having lost your bearings I think we're lost.
3. bewildered, confused, puzzled, baffled, helpless, ignorant, perplexed, mystified, clueless (slang) I feel lost and lonely in a strange town alone.
4. wasted, consumed, neglected, misused, squandered, forfeited, dissipated, misdirected, frittered away, misspent, misapplied a lost opportunity
6. past, former, gone, dead, forgotten, lapsed, extinct, obsolete, out-of-date, bygone, unremembered the relics of a lost civilization
7. engrossed, taken up, absorbed, entranced, abstracted, absent, distracted, preoccupied, immersed, dreamy, rapt, spellbound She was silent for a while, lost in thought.
8. fallen, corrupt, depraved, wanton, abandoned, damned, profligate, dissolute, licentious, unchaste, irreclaimable without honour, without heart, without religion ... a lost woman
Translations
lost [lɒst]
A. PP, PT of lose
B. ADJ
1. (= unable to find one's way) → perdido
I'm lost → me he perdido, estoy perdido
the lost child was taken to the security desk → llevaron al niño perdido al mostrador de seguridad
to get lost [person] → perderse; [issue, fact] → olvidarse
to tell sb to get lost → mandar a algn al cuerno or a la porra
get lost! → ¡vete al cuerno!, ¡vete a la porra!
to be lost for words → no tener palabras, no saber qué decir
I had thought of so many things I wanted to say, but now I'm lost for words → había tantas cosas que quería decir, pero ahora no tengo palabras
I was lost for words when I heard the news → me quedé mudo cuando me enteré de la noticia
I'm lost → me he perdido, estoy perdido
the lost child was taken to the security desk → llevaron al niño perdido al mostrador de seguridad
to get lost [person] → perderse; [issue, fact] → olvidarse
to tell sb to get lost → mandar a algn al cuerno or a la porra
get lost! → ¡vete al cuerno!, ¡vete a la porra!
to be lost for words → no tener palabras, no saber qué decir
I had thought of so many things I wanted to say, but now I'm lost for words → había tantas cosas que quería decir, pero ahora no tengo palabras
I was lost for words when I heard the news → me quedé mudo cuando me enteré de la noticia
2. (= missing, mislaid) [thing, animal] → perdido, extraviado
he was looking for a lost contact lens → buscaba una lentilla que se le había perdido
to get lost → perderse, extraviarse
to give sb up for lost → dar a algn por desaparecido
to give sth up for lost → dar algo por perdido
thousands of credit cards are reported lost each day → cada día se denuncia la pérdida de miles de tarjetas de crédito
she is lost to us forever (fig) → la hemos perdido para siempre
he was looking for a lost contact lens → buscaba una lentilla que se le había perdido
to get lost → perderse, extraviarse
to give sb up for lost → dar a algn por desaparecido
to give sth up for lost → dar algo por perdido
thousands of credit cards are reported lost each day → cada día se denuncia la pérdida de miles de tarjetas de crédito
she is lost to us forever (fig) → la hemos perdido para siempre
3. (= bewildered) → perdido, desorientado
I felt lost and lonely in a strange town → me sentía perdido or desorientado y solo en una ciudad desconocida
it's too difficult to understand, I'm lost → es demasiado difícil de entender, estoy perdido
with a lost expression/look → con la confusión pintada en el rostro
I felt lost and lonely in a strange town → me sentía perdido or desorientado y solo en una ciudad desconocida
it's too difficult to understand, I'm lost → es demasiado difícil de entender, estoy perdido
with a lost expression/look → con la confusión pintada en el rostro
4. (= completely absorbed)
to be lost in sth → estar absorto en algo
I was lost in thought → estaba absorto en mis pensamientos
she was lost in the music → estaba absorta en la música
to be lost to the world → estar en otro mundo
to be lost in sth → estar absorto en algo
I was lost in thought → estaba absorto en mis pensamientos
she was lost in the music → estaba absorta en la música
to be lost to the world → estar en otro mundo
5. (= wasted) [opportunity, income, output] → perdido
to catch up on or make up for lost time → recuperar el tiempo perdido
to be lost on sb the message is often lost on drug users → el mensaje a menudo no hace eco en los drogadictos
the meaning of that was lost on me → no entendí or no capté el significado de eso
an irony/a fact which was not lost on me → una ironía/un hecho que no se me escapaba
to catch up on or make up for lost time → recuperar el tiempo perdido
to be lost on sb the message is often lost on drug users → el mensaje a menudo no hace eco en los drogadictos
the meaning of that was lost on me → no entendí or no capté el significado de eso
an irony/a fact which was not lost on me → una ironía/un hecho que no se me escapaba
6. (= former) [youth, job, homeland] → perdido
he pined for his lost youth → suspiraba por su juventud perdida
he pined for his lost youth → suspiraba por su juventud perdida
7. (= vanished) [civilization] → desaparecido; [skill, art] → desaparecido, perdido
C. CPD lost and found N (US) = lost property lost cause N → causa f perdida
the lost generation N (liter) generación de escritores a la que pertenecieron autores como Scott Fitzgerald y Hemingway y que produjeron sus obras después de la Primera Guerra Mundial
lost property N (= belongings) → objetos mpl perdidos; (= office) → oficina f de objetos perdidos
lost property office N → oficina f de objetos perdidos
lost sheep N (fig) → oveja f perdida, oveja f descarriada
lost soul N → alma f perdida
the lost generation N (liter) generación de escritores a la que pertenecieron autores como Scott Fitzgerald y Hemingway y que produjeron sus obras después de la Primera Guerra Mundial
lost property N (= belongings) → objetos mpl perdidos; (= office) → oficina f de objetos perdidos
lost property office N → oficina f de objetos perdidos
lost sheep N (fig) → oveja f perdida, oveja f descarriada
lost soul N → alma f perdida
lost [ˈlɒst]
pt
pp of lose
adj
[thing] → perdu(e)
lost keys → clés perdues
a lost cat → un chat perdu
to get lost
My watch has got lost → Ma montre est perdue.
to be lost on sb (= be incomprehensible to) [words, meaning] → échapper à qn (= be ignored)
My advice was lost on him → Il n'a pas écouté mes conseils.
lost keys → clés perdues
a lost cat → un chat perdu
to get lost
My watch has got lost → Ma montre est perdue.
to be lost on sb (= be incomprehensible to) [words, meaning] → échapper à qn (= be ignored)
My advice was lost on him → Il n'a pas écouté mes conseils.
[person] to be lost → être perdu(e)
to get lost (= lose one's way) → se perdre
I was afraid of getting lost → J'avais peur de me perdre.
get lost! → va te faire voir! >
to feel lost → se sentir perdu(e)
to be lost without sb → être perdu(e) sans qn
We'd be lost without her → Nous serions perdus sans elle.
to get lost (= lose one's way) → se perdre
I was afraid of getting lost → J'avais peur de me perdre.
get lost! → va te faire voir! >
to feel lost → se sentir perdu(e)
to be lost without sb → être perdu(e) sans qn
We'd be lost without her → Nous serions perdus sans elle.
to be lost in thought (= absorbed) → être perdu(e) dans ses pensées
lost and found n (US)
lost and found n (US)
(= office) → bureau m des objets trouvés, objets mpl trouvés
lost-and-found [ˌlɒstənˈfaʊnd] adj [column] → des objets perdus
lost-and-found items → objets mpl perdus
lost cause n (= situation etc) → cause f perdue (= person)
He's a lost cause → Il est irrécupérable.
lost property n (British)
lost-and-found [ˌlɒstənˈfaʊnd] adj [column] → des objets perdus
lost-and-found items → objets mpl perdus
lost cause n (= situation etc) → cause f perdue (= person)
He's a lost cause → Il est irrécupérable.
lost property n (British)
(= office) → bureau m des objets trouvés, objets mpl trouvés
lost property office n (British) → bureau m des objets trouvés, objets mpl trouvés
lost soul n → âme f en peine
lost property office n (British) → bureau m des objets trouvés, objets mpl trouvés
lost soul n → âme f en peine
lost pret, ptp of lose
lost:
adj attr → verloren; support → verloren gegangen; art → ausgestorben; civilization → untergegangen, versunken; cause → aussichtslos; (= missing) person → vermisst; dog, cat → entlaufen; (= mislaid) book, glasses etc → verlegt; (= missed) opportunity → verpasst; I was groping on the floor for a lost contact lens → ich tastete auf dem Fußboden nach einer heruntergefallenen Kontaktlinse; he is mourning his lost wife → er betrauert den Verlust seiner Frau
lost:
lost-and-found (department)
n (US) → Fundbüro nt
lost property
n (Brit)
(= items) → Fundstücke pl
lost property office
n (Brit) → Fundbüro nt
lost [lɒst]
lost [lɒst]
1. pt, pp of lose
2. adj (gen) (fig) → perso/a; (bewildered) → smarrito/a
a lost sheep → una pecorella smarrita
some lost children → dei bambini che si erano smarriti
lost in thought → immerso/a or perso/a nei propri pensieri
to feel a bit lost → sentirsi smarrito/a
the remark/joke was lost on him → non ha capito l'osservazione/la barzelletta
my advice was lost on her → non ha ascoltato il mio consiglio
I feel lost without my car/him → mi sento perso senza la mia macchina/di lui
to make up for lost time → recuperare il tempo perduto
to give sth up for lost → dare qc per perso/a
lost baggage claim → ritiro bagagli smarriti
lost at sea → perito/a in mare
a lost sheep → una pecorella smarrita
some lost children → dei bambini che si erano smarriti
lost in thought → immerso/a or perso/a nei propri pensieri
to feel a bit lost → sentirsi smarrito/a
the remark/joke was lost on him → non ha capito l'osservazione/la barzelletta
my advice was lost on her → non ha ascoltato il mio consiglio
I feel lost without my car/him → mi sento perso senza la mia macchina/di lui
to make up for lost time → recuperare il tempo perduto
to give sth up for lost → dare qc per perso/a
lost baggage claim → ritiro bagagli smarriti
lost at sea → perito/a in mare
lost [lɒst]
1. pt, pp of lose
2. adj (gen) (fig) → perso/a; (bewildered) → smarrito/a
a lost sheep → una pecorella smarrita
some lost children → dei bambini che si erano smarriti
lost in thought → immerso/a or perso/a nei propri pensieri
to feel a bit lost → sentirsi smarrito/a
the remark/joke was lost on him → non ha capito l'osservazione/la barzelletta
my advice was lost on her → non ha ascoltato il mio consiglio
I feel lost without my car/him → mi sento perso senza la mia macchina/di lui
to make up for lost time → recuperare il tempo perduto
to give sth up for lost → dare qc per perso/a
lost baggage claim → ritiro bagagli smarriti
lost at sea → perito/a in mare
a lost sheep → una pecorella smarrita
some lost children → dei bambini che si erano smarriti
lost in thought → immerso/a or perso/a nei propri pensieri
to feel a bit lost → sentirsi smarrito/a
the remark/joke was lost on him → non ha capito l'osservazione/la barzelletta
my advice was lost on her → non ha ascoltato il mio consiglio
I feel lost without my car/him → mi sento perso senza la mia macchina/di lui
to make up for lost time → recuperare il tempo perduto
to give sth up for lost → dare qc per perso/a
lost baggage claim → ritiro bagagli smarriti
lost at sea → perito/a in mare
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