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adjective

1. Unable to find the correct way or place to go: astray, disoriented, stray. See seek/avoid.
2. No longer in one's possession: gone, missing. See get/lose.
3. No longer in use, force, or operation: dead, defunct, extinct, vanished. See live/die, new/old.
4. Sentenced to terrible, irrevocable punishment: condemned, doomed, fated, foredoomed. See law, religion.
5. Condemned, especially to hell: damned, doomed. Idioms: gone to blazes. See reward/punish/deserve.

Idioms beginning with lost:
lost cause
lost in the shuffle
lost in thought
lost on one

See also get lost; he who hesitates is lost; make up for lost time; no love lost; you've lost me. Also see lose.

adj

Definition: distracted, dreaming
Antonyms: attentive, aware, cognizant

adj

Definition: extinct, destroyed
Antonyms: alive, existent, existing, living

adj

Definition: missing, off-track
Antonyms: accomplishing, found, successful, winning

Cast of ABC's Lost

Anyone looking for Lost? You can find it tonight on ABC. The fourth season of the show starring Matthew Fox, Naveen Andrews and Emilie de Ravin kicks off with the survivors who've been stranded on a forgotten island unsure whether to believe Charlie's warning that the people claiming to help them are not who they seem to be. Lost tells the story of 48 survivors of a plane crash trying to work together to deal with the elements on the island — both human and not — and to get word out to would-be rescuers.

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Being lost in a dream can reflect feelings of being "lost" and confused in everyday life. Being unclear about which direction to go in life. Also note certain idioms to which the dream may be alluding, such as "making up for lost time," "lost for words," or "lost in the shuffle."

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For a list of words related to lost, see:

• Submissive, Uncertain, or Tentative
• Dead or Dying - lost: (adj) dead

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See words rhyming with "lost."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Lost.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forlist, tabt, som man har mistet, forsvundet, bortkommet, gået glip af, gået vild, faret vild, glemt, svunden

idioms:

• be lost in thought    langt væk, hensunket i tanker
• be lost on    prelle af på, gå hen over hovedet på
• get lost    skrid, forsvind
• lost cause    håbløst foretagende
• lost property    hittegods
• lost soul    fortabt sjæl
• lost to    fortabt (til)
• would be lost without    være fortabt uden

Nederlands (Dutch)
verloren, kwijt, te gronde gegaan, omgekomen, verdwaald, de draad kwijt

Français (French)
adj. - perdu, égaré, manqué, disparu (une civilisation), plongé dans

idioms:

• be lost in thought    être perdu dans ses pensées
• be lost on    être perdu dans
• get lost    se perdre
• lost cause    cause perdue
• lost property    objets trouvés, service des objets trouvés, (Journ) "objets perdus et trouvés"
• lost soul    (Relig, fig) âme perdue
• lost to    perdu pour
• would be lost without    serait/serions perdu(s) sans

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verloren, ausgestorben, versäumt, verirrt

idioms:

• be lost in thought    in Gedanken verloren sein
• be lost on    nicht gewürdigt werden von
• get lost    sich verirren, (Slang) verduften, sich verziehen
• lost cause    etwas Aussichtsloses
• lost property    Fundsachen
• lost soul    verlorene Seele
• lost to    für jmdn. verloren
• would be lost without    wäre ohne jmdn. hilflos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χαμένος, άφαντος, ξεγραμμένος, χαμένος, που δεν βρίσκει το δρόμο, απορροφημένος, "βυθισμένος"

idioms:

• be lost in thought    βυθισμένος/χαμένος στις σκέψεις του
• be lost on    αφήνω ασυγκίνητο τον, χαραμίζομαι στον
• get lost    άντε χάσου
• lost cause    χαμένη υπόθεση
• lost property    (για) χαμένα αντικείμενα
• lost soul    χαμένη ψυχή
• lost to    ανύπαρκτος ή χαμένος για
• would be lost without    θα ήμουνα χαμένος χωρίς

Italiano (Italian)
perduto

idioms:

• be lost in thought    essere assorto
• be lost on    essere assorto in
• get lost    perdersi
• lost cause    causa persa
• lost property    oggetto smarrito
• lost soul    anima persa
• lost to    insensibile a
• would be lost without    si smarrirebbe senza

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perdido

idioms:

• be lost in thought    perdido nos pensamentos
• be lost on    algo desperdiçado
• get lost    dane-se, suma
• lost cause    causa (f) perdida
• lost property    propriedades perdidas
• lost soul    alma (f) perdida
• lost to    não ser possível a, estar perdido para
• would be lost without    estaria perdido sem

Русский (Russian)
потерянный, погибший, напрасный

idioms:

• be lost in thought    погружаться в размышления
• be lost on    быть неоцененным, остаться незамеченным
• get lost    прекратить надоедать кому-л., отстать, прочь!
• lost cause    безнадежное дело
• lost property    утерянные вещи, хозяин которых не объявился
• lost soul    пропащий человек, заблудшая душа
• lost to    нечто изъятое у кого-л., безразличный к чему-л.
• would be lost without    невозможно обойтись без чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perdido, extraviado

idioms:

• be lost in thought    estar absorto en sus pensamientos
• be lost on    no captar o no entender, estar perdido
• get lost    ¡Véte al diablo!, perderse
• lost cause    causa perdida
• lost property    objetos perdidos
• lost soul    un alma perdida
• lost to    perdido para
• would be lost without    estaría perdido sin

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förlorad, borttappad, förkommen, försvunnen, vilsegången, vilsekommen, (bildl.) bortkommen, vilsen, (helt) hjälplös, (sjö.) förlist, förtappad, fördömd, förspilld, bortkastad, försutten, försummad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
失去的, 迷惑的, 遗失的

idioms:

• be lost in thought    陷入沉思
• be lost on    对...不起作用
• get lost    迷路
• lost cause    失败的事业, 没有希望的事情, 败局已定的事或主张
• lost property    失物, 遗失物, 拾得物
• lost soul    地狱亡魂, 无望者, 无救者失魂落魄
• lost to    不再被享有的, 没有感觉的
• would be lost without    没有...就完了

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 失去的, 迷惑的, 遺失的

idioms:

• be lost in thought    陷入沉思
• be lost on    對...不起作用
• get lost    迷路
• lost cause    失敗的事業, 沒有希望的事情, 敗局已定的事或主張
• lost property    失物, 遺失物, 拾得物
• lost soul    地獄亡魂, 無望者, 無救者失魂落魄
• lost to    不再被享有的, 沒有感覺的
• would be lost without    沒有...就完了

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 잃은 , 놓친, 행방불명의, 허비된, 죽은 , 이성을 잃은

idioms:

• be lost in thought    생각에 잠긴
• be lost on    ~에 효과가 없다
• get lost    꺼져 , 나가버려
• lost to    이미 ~의 것이 아닌, 박탈 당해 있다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 失われた, 失った, 迷った, 負けた, 取り損ねた, 浪費された, 夢中になった

idioms:

• be lost in thought    もの思いにふける
• be lost on    効果がない, 効きめがない
• get lost    道に迷う
• lost cause    だめになった目標
• lost in translation    意味を取り違える
• lost property    遺失物
• lost soul    失われた精神
• lost to    感じない, 属さない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مضيع, خاسر, غير مقترن بالنصر, ضال, تائه, تعوزه الثقه بالنفس, يائس, محطم, مفقود, منسي, مهمل, لم يعد معروفا أو ممارسا, فاقد ل, مستغرق في‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אבוד‬

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