lost

See also: Lost, löst, løst, and łöst

English

Alternative forms

• los'
• loss

Etymology

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA^(key): /lɒst/
• (US) enPR: lôst, IPA^(key): /lɔst/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: läst, IPA^(key): /lɑst/

• Audio (CA)

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• Rhymes: -ɒst, -ɔːst

Verb

lost

1. simple past tense and past participle of lose

Derived terms

• long-lost
• no love lost

Adjective

lost (comparative loster or more lost, superlative lostest or most lost)

1. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

   The children were soon lost in the forest.

2. In an unknown location; unable to be found.

   Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.

3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.

   an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd

4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.

   a lost limb; lost honour

5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

   a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit

6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.

   a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul

7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.

   lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour

8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.

   to be lost in thought

Derived terms

Terms derived from lost (adjective)

• get lost
• lost and found
• lost cause
• lost errand
• lost for words

• lost generation
• lost in action
• lost property
• lost river
• lost sheep

• Lost Tribes
• lost wages
• lost wax
• lost with all hands
• one who hesitates is lost

Translations

unable to find one's way

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կորած (hy) (korac), մոլորված (molorvac)
• Asturian: perdíu
• Catalan: perdut (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (ulenahidv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: vildfaren, faret vild
• Esperanto: perdita
• Finnish: eksynyt, eksyksissä
• French: perdu (fr)
• Galician: perdido
• German: verirrt (de)
• Greek: χαμένος (el) m (chaménos)
• Hebrew: אבוד‏‎ (he) m (a'vud)
• Icelandic: týndur (is)

• Irish: ar strae
• Italian: perso (it)
• Khmer: វង្វេង (km) (vʊəngveing)
• Korean: 길을 잃어버리다 (gileul iroborida), 길을 잃다 (gileul ilda)
• Malay: sesat, hilang
• Maori: ngaro
• Mirandese: perdidoso
• Persian: مفقود‏‎ (fa) (mafqud), گم‌‏‎ (gom)
• Portuguese: perdido (pt)
• Romanian: pierdut (ro)
• Russian: заблуди́вшийся (ru) (zabludívšijsja)
• Sicilian: pirdutu (scn)
• Spanish: perdido (es)
• Swedish: vilse (sv)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

in an unknown location

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կորուսյալ (hy) (korusyal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: forsvundet
• Dutch: kwijt (nl)
• Esperanto: perdita
• Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadoksissa, hukassa
• French: perdu (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: verschollen (de), verloren (de)

• Greek: χαμένος (el) m (chaménos)
• Irish: caillte
• Italian: perso (it), smarrito (it)
• Maori: ngaro
• Norwegian: tapt (no)
• Persian: مفقود‏‎ (fa) (mafqud), گم‏‎ (fa) (gom)
• Portuguese: perdido (pt), extraviado (pt)
• Russian: поте́рянный (ru) (potérjannyj)
• Spanish: perdido (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible

• Finnish: kadonnut (fi)

parted with; no longer held or possessed

• Finnish: menetetty (fi), hukattu (fi)

not employed or enjoyed; thrown away

• Finnish: hukattu (fi)

ruined or destroyed

• Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadotettu (fi)

hardened beyond sensibility or recovery

• Finnish: paatunut (fi)

occupied with, or under the influence of, something

• Finnish: uppoutunut

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verloren (nl), ^{(please verify)} verdwaald (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} perdu (fr)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დაკარგული (daḳarguli)
• German: ^{(please verify)} verloren (de)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kehilangan (id), ^{(please verify)} kalah (id)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} caillte, ^{(please verify)} easpach
• Japanese: 失った (うしなった, ushinatta), 負けた (まけた, maketa)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 잃다 (yi-reot-da)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} ngaro
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} zagubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zagubiona m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiona f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pierdut (ro)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} caillte
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bị mất

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: friends · forth · fire · #379: lost · human · kept · business

Anagrams

• LTOs, OTLs, STOL, lots, slot, tols

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔst

Verb

lost

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of lossen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of lossen

Adjective

lost

1. Superlative form of los

Anagrams

• slot, stol

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːst/

Verb

lost

1. Second-person singular present of losen.
2. Third-person singular present of losen.
3. Second-person plural present of losen.
4. Imperative plural of losen.