Vocabulary

lost

(うしな)われた

B2 · Upper-intermediate Common

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Adjective

To lose someone, by death, due to disease or disaster.  

病気(びょうき)災害(さいがい)のせいで、()によって(だれ)かを(うしな)うこと。

Examples

  1. Over one hundred people were lost due to the tsunami.
  2. So many poor souls were lost to the coronavirus this year.