1. (

• doomed ,
• lost

) people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" ;

1. (

• lose ,

) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" ;

2. (

• lose

) fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" ;

3. (

• lose

) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" ;

4. (

• lose ,

) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" ;

5. (

• lose

) allow to go out of sight or mind; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; "lose the crowds by climbing a mountain"; "the lost tribe" ;

6. (

• lose ,
• turn_a_loss

) fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" ;

7. (

• lose

) fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" ;

8. (

• miss ,
• lose ,

) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" ;

9. (

• lose ,

) withdraw, as from reality; "he lost himslef in his music" ;

10. (

• suffer ,
• lose ,

) be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light" ;

1. (

• lost ,

) no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities" ;

2. (

• confused ,
• disoriented ,
• lost

) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented" ;

3. (

• lost ,

) spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" ;

4. (

• lost ,

) not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" ;

5. (

• lost

) incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor" ;

6. (

• lost ,
• missed

) not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din" ;

7. (

• bemused ,
• lost ,
• preoccupied

) deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" ;

8. (

• baffled ,
• befuddled ,
• bemused ,
• bewildered ,
• confounded ,
• confused ,
• lost ,
• mazed ,
• mixed-up ,
• at_sea

) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" ;

9. (

• helpless ,
• lost

) unable to function; without help ;