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- pronunciation:
- lawst
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last
- parts of speech:
- adjective, verb
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
If something is lost, you can't find it, or you just don't have it anymore. It's gone.
Our neighbor found my mom's lost ring.- synonyms:
- missing
- similar words:
- absent, gone, stray
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| definition 2: |
If your team has two lost games this season, it means that there were two games that you didn't win.
The basketball team was unhappy about all their lost games this season.- similar words:
- failed
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| definition 3: |
When you are lost, you don't know where you are and you don't know which way to go.
Max and his dad went for a nice hike in the woods, but they went off the path and got lost.We were lost in the city for a while, but we asked someone for directions and that helped us find our way.- similar words:
- perplexed, stray
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| definition 4: |
Something that is lost is completely ruined or destroyed.
The lost ship from that storm still lies at the bottom of the sea.- synonyms:
- destroyed, ruined
- similar words:
- finished, wrecked
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| definition 5: |
When a chance or opportunity is lost, it is missed or wasted.
If he doesn't go to camp this summer, it will be a lost opportunity. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| definition: |
"Lost" is the past tense and past participle of "lose."
I lost my watch when I went swimming in the pool. |
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