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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who are destined to die soon
Example:
the agony of the doomed was in his voice
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("lost" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not caught with the senses or the mind
Example:
words lost in the din
Synonyms:
lost; missed
Classified under:
Similar:
incomprehensible; uncomprehensible (difficult to understand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unable to function; without help
Synonyms:
helpless; lost
Classified under:
Similar:
hopeless (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success)
Sense 3
Meaning:
No longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
Example:
lost opportunities
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
mislaid; misplaced (lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place)
missing (not able to be found)
squandered; wasted (not used to good advantage)
stray ((of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home)
straying (unable to find your way)
Also:
lost (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed)
Antonym:
found (come upon unexpectedly or after searching)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
Example:
the lost platoon
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
destroyed; ruined (destroyed physically or morally)
cursed; damned; doomed; unredeemed; unsaved (in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell)
Also:
unregenerate; unregenerated (not reformed morally or spiritually)
lost (no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered)
cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Antonym:
saved (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Not gained or won
Example:
a lost prize
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
confiscate; forfeit; forfeited (surrendered as a penalty)
Antonym:
won (not subject to defeat)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Example:
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Synonyms:
confused; disoriented; lost
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unoriented (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Example:
she felt lost on the first day of school
Synonyms:
at sea; baffled; befuddled; bemused; bewildered; confounded; confused; lost; mazed; mixed-up
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
perplexed (full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Incapable of being recovered or regained
Example:
his lost honor
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
irrecoverable; unrecoverable (incapable of being recovered or regained)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Deeply absorbed in thought
Example:
a preoccupied frown
Synonyms:
bemused; lost; preoccupied
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
thoughtful (exhibiting or characterized by careful thought)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb lose
Context examples:
I knew very well that the owner would think that they had lost their bearings in the haze, and had drifted off out to sea.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He has lost nearly all the blood in his body.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I am a poor child, said she, that has lost both father and mother.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
These results suggest that 8 weeks may not be enough time for many donors to sufficiently recover lost iron, particularly without taking iron supplements.
(Iron Supplements Hasten Recovery in Blood Donors, NIH)
After being infected with T1L, susceptible mice lost their oral tolerance to a dietary protein.
(Virus linked to food sensitivity, NIH)
Replacement or reconstruction of a lost tooth structure.
(Dental Restoration, NCI Thesaurus)
Describes tumor cells that have lost some of the appearance of normal cells.
(Moderately Differentiated, NCI Thesaurus)
It was unfortunately lost with so much else in the same boat accident which ruined my photographs.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Has the patient lost interest in friends and family members?
(NPI - Lost Interest in Friends and Family Members, NCI Thesaurus)
Medications that were lost because they were put in the wrong place.
(Medication Misplaced, NCI Thesaurus)
