Lost

//lɔst//

Definitions

verb

1
simple past and past participle of lose

adjloster · more lost · lostest · 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.

Word Origin

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.

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