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Word entry · 4 letters

lost

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4 lettersPronunciation /lɒst/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted lostStarts with LEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. No longer found; unable to find the way

Word origin

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t.

Used in a sentence

  • “The children were soon lost in the forest.”
  • “Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.”
  • “an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Misplaced”4 letters
02“No longer found”4 letters

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