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Dictionary Definition of lost
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lost adjective 1. no longer possessed or retained: lost friends. 2. no longer to be found: lost articles. 3. having gone astray or lost the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc. 4. not used to good purpose, as opportunities, time, labour, etc.; wasted. 5. that one has failed to win: a lost prize. 6. attended with defeat: a lost battle. 7. destroyed or ruined: lost ships. -- verb 8. past tense of lose. -- phrase 9. lost to, a. no longer belonging to. b. no longer possible or open to: the opportunity was lost to him. c. insensible to: to be lost to all sense of duty. |
