lost

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA ^(key): /lɒst/, SAMPA: /lQst/
• (US) enPR: lôst, IPA ^(key): /lɔst/, SAMPA: /lOst/

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Adjective

Positive lost

Comparative more lost

Superlative most lost

1. If you are lost you do not know where you are. You might not know how to get home.

   I was lost in the woods for a week.

2. If something is lost you do not know where it is.

   My phone is lost.

3. If something is lost it is gone. It might not exist any more.

   All my hope is lost.

4. If something is lost it has failed.

   Trying to reach her is a lost cause.

Verb

Plain form lose

Third-person singular loses

Past tense lost

Past participle lost

Present participle losing

1. The past tense of lose.

   I lost my phone at work.

   We lost the game.

2. The past participle of lose.

   The game was lost to the other team.