lost meaning
EN
[lɒst] [lɔst] [lɑst] [-ɒst] [-ɔːst] 
CA US UK WLost
- Lost may refer to:
- Verb
- simple past tense and past participle of lose.
- simple past tense and past participle of lose.
- AdjectiveCOMlosterCOMmore lostSUPlostestSUPmost lost
- Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
- The children were soon lost in the forest.
- In an unknown location; unable to be found.
- Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
- Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
- an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
- Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
- a lost limb; lost honour
- Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
- a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit
- Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
- a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
- Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
- lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
- Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
- to be lost in thought
- Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- John told us he had lost his job, which put a damper on the celebrations.
- Thence once more the crew came on with swords and axes, but faint-heartedly, and the end of it was that they lost some more men dead and wounded and fell back again.
- "I watched Lady Gaga's Telephone video last night, and I lost my shit."
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.
- The argument turned on the question of whether or not jobs would be lost.
- se Palley, Unlikely Passages (1998) p. 39. We are anesthetized against most terrors of land. ... HydroPhobias begin on land long before casting off. But once at sea, fear quickly is lost.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of lost in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Irregular verb forms
- Irregular past participles
- Irregular simple past forms
- Irregular past participles
- Participles
- Past participles
- Past participles
- Verb simple past forms
- Irregular verb forms
- Verb forms
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "lost" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.