lost: Meaning and Definition of

lost

1. no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
2. no longer to be found: lost articles.
3. having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc.: lost children.
4. not used to good purpose, as opportunities, time, or labor; wasted: a lost advantage.
5. being something that someone has failed to win: a lost prize.
6. ending in or attended with defeat: a lost battle.
7. destroyed or ruined: lost ships.
8. preoccupied; rapt: He seems lost in thought.
9. distracted; distraught; desperate; hopeless: the lost look of a man trapped and afraid.
10. I think I'll get lost before an argument starts.
1. to absent oneself:I think I'll get lost before an argument starts.
2. to stop being a nuisance:If they call again, tell them to get lost.
11. The opportunity was lost to him.
1. no longer belonging to.
2. no longer possible or open to:The opportunity was lost to him.
3. insensible to:lost to all sense of duty.

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