lostadjective
uk/lɒst/us/lɑːst/lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
A2 not knowing where you are and how to get to a place:
I got lost in the New York subway system.
You look lost - can I help you?
B1 If something is lost, no one knows where it is:
Things tend to get lost when you move.
Lost: black cat with white paws.
Mikey turned up with the lost book.
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- Stick to the main roads and you won't get lost.
- When you got lost in the forest you must have been very frightened.
- He gazed pensively at the glass in front of him, lost in thought.
- My letter must have got lost in the post.
- After three days lost in the mountains, all the climbers arrived home safe and sound.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Losing and loss
- astray
- black hole
- disappear
- forfeit
- get to
- haemorrhage
- kiss
- lose
- lose your way idiom
- loss
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- say
- say goodbye to sth idiom
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray
- walkabout
- wave
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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lost adjective (CONFUSED)
C1 not confident and not knowing what to do in a particular situation:
It was his first day in the office and he seemed a little lost.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying attention and being careful
- attention
- attention span
- be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
- be on (your) guard idiom
- cautious
- centre
- eye
- focus
- handle/treat sb with kid gloves idiom
- hang
- hang on/upon sth
- have a care idiom
- have/keep your ear to the ground idiom
- middle
- pay
- the/a glare of sth idiom
- tread carefully/gently/lightly idiom
- walk
- walk on eggs/eggshells idiom
- wary
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lost adjective (ATTENTION)
be lost in sth
giving so much attention to what you are doing that you are not conscious of anything else that is happening around you:
Ann was completely lost in her book.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unaware
- be in the dark idiom
- be on another planet idiom
- benighted
- blind
- blind spot
- blissful
- fail
- faint
- ignorance is bliss idiom
- ignorant
- ill-informed
- illiterate
- in blissful ignorance idiom
- not have a clue/have no clue idiom
- unbeknownst
- unconscious
- uneducated
- unfamiliar
- unknowing
- unnoticed
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Idiom(s)
be lost for words
be lost on sb
be lost without sb/sth
get lost!
lost in the shuffle