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lost
What does lost mean?
lost (adjective): no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce lost?
/lɔst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lost come from?
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.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of lost?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “lost”?
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What does “lost” mean?
without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition
Not quite: that's what serious means.
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
Not quite: that's what jealous means.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
Right! That's what “lost” means.
happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
Not quite: that's what internal means.
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