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lost
- pronunciation:
- lawst
[or]
last
- parts of speech:
- adjective, verb
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
no longer possessed; not able to be found.
- synonyms:
- mislaid, misplaced, missing
- similar words:
- absent, forfeited, gone, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irretrievable, stray
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| definition 2: |
not won.
- similar words:
- failed, forfeited, futile, hopeless, irredeemable
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| definition 3: |
not maintained or kept.
- synonyms:
- forgotten
- similar words:
- irrecoverable, irretrievable
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| definition 4: |
not knowing where one is.
The hikers got lost in the woods.- synonyms:
- astray
- similar words:
- adrift, at sea, confounded, off the track, perplexed, stray
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| definition 5: |
ruined or destroyed.
- synonyms:
- destroyed, ruined
- similar words:
- done for, finished, undone, unsalvageable, wrecked
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| definition 6: |
not used; wasted.
a lost opportunity- synonyms:
- missed, misspent, squandered, wasted
- similar words:
- down the drain, irretrievable, misused
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| related words: |
forlorn |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| definition: |
past tense and past participle of lose.
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