lost*/

lost*/
[lɒst] adj I
1) if you are lost, you do not know where you are
They decided to drive to York and ended up getting lost.[/ex]
2) if something is lost, you cannot find it
The keys are lost somewhere in the house.[/ex]
3) if something is lost, you no longer have it
The strike has cost the airline £3 million in lost profits.[/ex]
lost youth/innocence[/ex]
4) someone who feels lost does not feel confident or relaxed because they are in a new situation
5) unable to understand something
I was completely lost after the first paragraph.[/ex]
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get lost — spoken used for telling someone rudely to go away[/ex]
lost on sb — if something is lost on someone, they do not understand it or are not influenced by it[/ex]
The joke was lost on Alex.[/ex]
II lost the past tense and past participle of lose

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