lost

Meanings

Noun

• people who are destined to die soon

Verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  • "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
• fail to win
  • "We lost the battle but we won the war"
• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
  • "She lost her husband in the war"
  • "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
• place (something) where one cannot find it again
• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
  • "I've lost my glasses again!"
• allow to go out of sight
  • "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
  • "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
• fail to get or obtain
  • "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
• retreat
• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  • "We lost part of what he said"
• be set at a disadvantage
• simple past and past participle of lose

Adjective

• no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
  • "a lost child"
  • "lost friends"
  • "his lost book"
  • "lost opportunities"
• spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
  • "lost souls"
  • "a lost generation"
  • "a lost ship"
  • "the lost platoon"
• not gained or won
  • "a lost battle"
  • "a lost prize"

Adjective Satellite

• having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
• incapable of being recovered or regained
  • "his lost honor"
• not caught with the senses or the mind
  • "words lost in the din"
• deeply absorbed in thought
  • "lost in thought"
• perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
  • "she felt lost on the first day of school"
• unable to function; without help

Adj

• Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
• In an unknown location; unable to be found.
• Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
• Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
• Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
• Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
• Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
• Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.

Synonyms

at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, deep in thought, disoriented, doomed, drop off, fall back, fall behind, helpless, lose, mazed, mislay, misplace, miss, missed, mixed-up, preoccupied, recede, suffer, turn a loss

Antonyms

break even, find, found, gain, keep, profit, saved, win, won

Anagrams of lost