Definitions
How to pronounce lost:
Lost - as an adjective
No longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
Example: "A lost child"
Lost - as a noun
People who are destined to die soon
Example: "The agony of the doomed was in his voice"
Lost - as an adjective satellite
Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Example: "I frequently find myself disoriented when i come up out of the subway"
Cannot be recovered or regained
Example: "His lost honor"
Not caught with the senses or the mind
Example: "Words lost in the din"
Deeply absorbed in thought
Example: "As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Example: "Obviously bemused by his questions"
Lost - as a verb
To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
Example: "He lost his hearing in the explosion."
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
Example: "I lost my way in the forest."
To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
Example: "We lost the football match."
To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
Example: "Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down."
To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
Example: "We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest."
To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
Example: "When we get into the building, please lose the hat."
Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
Example: "It's already 5:30? my watch must have lost a few minutes."
(ditransitive) to cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
Example: "I lost a part of what he said."
To cause to part with; to deprive of.
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Word Game Points
LOST has a SCRABBLE points total of 4.
LOST has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 5.
LOST has a WORDFEUD points total of 4.
