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lost in thought

lost in thought adjective: being preoccupied with one's thoughts rather than paying attention to reality.

Adjective

lost in thought (comparative more lost in thought, superlative most lost in thought)

  1. Being preoccupied with one's thoughts rather than paying attention to reality.
    • These lines the knight perus'd, and, lost in thought, / He long in vain the secret meaning sought.1797, John Hoole, Jerusalem delivered: an^([sic]) heroic poem, Volume 2, page 67

Forms of lost in thought

comparativemore lost in thought
superlativemost lost in thought

Questions about lost in thought

What does lost in thought mean?
Lost in thought means being preoccupied with one's thoughts rather than paying attention to reality.
What part of speech is lost in thought?
Lost in thought is an adjective.

Words near lost in thought in the dictionary

  1. lost highway
  2. Lost Hills
  3. lost in action
  4. lost in the sauce
  5. lost in the shuffle
  6. lost in thought
  7. lost in time
  8. lost in translation
  9. lost it
  10. lost media
  11. lost medias

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