lost
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA (key): /lɒst/, SAMPA: /lQst/
- (US) enPR: lôst, IPA (key): /lɔst/, SAMPA: /lOst/
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Adjective
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Comparative |
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- 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.
- If something is lost you do not know where it is.
- My phone is lost.
- If something is lost it is gone. It might not exist any more.
- All my hope is lost.
- If something is lost it has failed.
- Trying to reach her is a lost cause.
Verb
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