LOST as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • people who are destined to die soon
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the agony of the doomed was in his voice
    Hypernyms(s) lost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

LOST as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not caught with the senses or the mind
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • words lost in the din
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  2. Meaning
    • unable to function
    • without help
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  3. Meaning
    • no longer in your possession or control
    • unable to be found or recovered
    Usage Example(s)
    • a lost child
    • lost friends
    • his lost book
    • lost opportunities
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  4. Meaning
    • spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
    Usage Example(s)
    • lost souls
    • a lost generation
    • a lost ship
    • the lost platoon
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  5. Meaning
    • not gained or won
    Usage Example(s)
    • a lost battle
    • a lost prize
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  6. Meaning
    • having lost your bearings
    • confused as to time or place or personal identity
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
    • the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
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  7. Meaning
    • perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
    • filled with bewilderment
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
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  8. Meaning
    • no longer known
    • irretrievable
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a forgotten art
    • a lost art
    • lost civilizations
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  9. Meaning
    • incapable of being recovered or regained
    Usage Example(s)
    • his lost honor
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