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- pronunciation:
- lawst
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last
- parts of speech:
- adjective, verb
- phrases:
- get lost
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not able to be found or no longer possessed.
He found his lost wallet under the sofa.She still felt sadness over her lost necklace that her mother had given her.- synonyms:
- mislaid, misplaced, missing
- similar words:
- absent, forfeited, gone, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irretrievable, stray
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| definition 2: |
not won.
The players were unhappy about their lost games and pledged to train harder.- similar words:
- failed, forfeited, futile, hopeless, irredeemable
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| definition 3: |
not used, or not made good use of; missed or wasted.
She regretted her lost opportunities.He thought of his year in prison as lost time.- synonyms:
- missed, misspent, squandered, wasted
- similar words:
- irrecoverable, irretrievable
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| definition 4: |
not knowing where one is, or not knowing how to get to one's intended destination.
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 doomed.
The lost ships from that battle still lie at the bottom of the sea.We're lost! There is nothing we can do to save ourselves now.- synonyms:
- destroyed, doomed, ruined
- similar words:
- done for, finished, undone, unsalvageable, wrecked
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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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| phrase: |
get lost |
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