lost
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 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.
Base: lose
Affixes: -t
Inflected forms:
form: loster
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more lost
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: lostest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most lost
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: los'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: loss
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
pos: adj
examples: The children were soon lost in the forest.
gloss: In an unknown location; unable to be found.
pos: adj
examples: Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
gloss: Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
pos: adj
examples: an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
gloss: Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
pos: adj
examples: a lost limb; lost honour
gloss: Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
pos: adj
examples: a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit; no time should be lost
gloss: Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
pos: adj
examples: a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
They struck me also as being of surpassing interest as representing, probably with studious accuracy, the last rites of the dead as practised among an utterly lost people, and even then I thought how envious some antiquarian friends of my own at Cambridge would be if ever I found an opportunity of describing these wonderful remains to them.
gloss: Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
pos: adj
examples: lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
gloss: Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
pos: adj
examples: to be lost in thought
Derived words: all is not lost
be lost to the four winds
get lost
he who hesitates is lost
I'm lost
long lost
lost and found
lost articles
Lostaway
lost cause
Lost Creek
Lost Dakota
lost decade
lost errand
lost for words
lost generation
lost ground
lost highway
lost in action
lost in the sauce
lost in the shuffle
lost in thought
lost in time
lost in translation
lostling
lost media
lost motion
lostness
lost neutral
lost on
lost property
lost river
Lost River
lost shark
lost sheep
lost soul
lost to history
lost to the world
lost to time
lost wages
lost wax
lost-wax casting
lost-wax process
lost weekend
lost with all hands
lost world
make up for lost time
one who hesitates is lost
Ten Lost Tribes
unlost
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: humb
lang: Arabic
word: ضَائِع
roman: ḍāʔiʕ
lang: Arabic
word: مَفْقود
roman: mafqud
lang: Arabic
word: تايه
roman: tāyeh
lang: Arabic
word: ضايِع
roman: ḍāyiʕ
lang: Arabic
word: تايِه
roman: tāyih
lang: Arabic
word: مَفْقود
roman: mafgūd
lang: Arabic
word: ضايِع
roman: ḍāyiʕ
lang: Armenian
word: կորած
roman: korac
lang: Armenian
word: մոլորված
roman: molorvac
lang: Asturian
word: perdíu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: azmış
lang: Bulgarian
word: загубен
roman: zaguben
lang: Catalan
word: perdut
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ
roman: ulenahidv
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 迷路
roman: mílù
lang: Czech
word: ztracený
lang: Danish
word: vildfaren
lang: Danish
word: faret vild
lang: Esperanto
word: perdita
lang: Finnish
word: eksynyt
lang: Finnish
word: eksyksissä
lang: French
word: perdu
lang: Galician
word: perdido
lang: German
word: verirrt
lang: German
word: verloren
lang: German
word: umher irrend
lang: German
word: orientierungslos
lang: Greek
word: χαμένος
roman: chaménos
lang: Hebrew
word: אבוד
roman: a'vud
lang: Hebrew
word: אבודה
roman: a'vuda
lang: Hungarian
word: elveszett
lang: Icelandic
word: týndur
lang: Icelandic
word: villtur
lang: Indonesian
word: tersesat
lang: Irish
word: ar strae
lang: Italian
word: perso
lang: Khmer
word: វង្វេង
roman: vɔɔvŭəngveing
lang: Korean
word: 길을 잃어버리다
roman: gireul ireobeorida
lang: Korean
word: 길을 잃다
roman: gireul ilta
lang: Latin
word: dēsīderārī
lang: Latin
word: perditus
lang: Malay
word: sesat
lang: Malay
word: hilang
lang: Brunei Malay
word: sasat
lang: Māori
word: ngaro
lang: Mirandese
word: perdidoso
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: ūivā
lang: Persian
word: مفقود
roman: mafqud, mafghud
lang: Persian
word: گم
roman: gom
lang: Polish
word: zagubiony
lang: Portuguese
word: perdido
lang: Romanian
word: pierdut
lang: Russian
word: заблуди́вшийся
roman: zabludívšijsja
lang: Sicilian
word: pirdutu
lang: Spanish
word: perdido
lang: Swedish
word: vilse
lang: Turkish
word: kayıp
lang: Turkish
word: yitik
lang: Unami
word: aonkël
lang: Unami
word: taonkël
lang: Vietnamese
word: lạc