LOST CAUSE

Meaning of LOST CAUSE in English

n. phr. A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

LOST CAUSE — noun : a cause that has lost all prospect of success lost cause of the Southern Confederacy a frequent champion …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOST CAUSE — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable. [ 1860-65 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOST CAUSE — n. cause that cannot succeed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LOST CAUSE — ■ noun a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOST CAUSE — noun something that has failed or that cannot succeed
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOST CAUSE — ( lost causes) If you refer to something or someone as a lost cause , you mean that people’s attempts …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOST CAUSE — (~s) If you refer to something or someone as a ~, you mean that people’s attempts to change or influence …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LOST CAUSE — {n. phr.} A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. * /Communism in Eastern Europe has …
Slang English vocab
LOST CAUSE — See ↑ FAIL 4
Longman Activator English vocab
LOST CAUSE — {n. phr.} A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. * /Communism in Eastern Europe has …
Словарь английских идиом
LOST CAUSE — (See a lost cause)
English Idioms vocab
LOST CAUSE — See a lost cause
English Idioms vocabulary
LOST CAUSE — безнадежное дело; недостижимая цель - to fight for a * бороться за что-л., заранее обреченное на неудачу
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOST CAUSE — безнадёжное дело; недостижимая цель to fight for a lost cause - бороться за что-л., заранее обречённое на неудачу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOST CAUSE — гиблое, пропащее, дохлое дело
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LOST CAUSE — безнадёжное дело; недостижимая цель to fight for a ~ - бороться за что-л., заранее обречённое на неудачу
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LOST CAUSE — безнадёжное дело; недостижимая цель to fight for a lost cause - бороться за что-л., заранее обречённое на неудачу
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LOST CAUSE — гиблое, пропащее, дохлое дело
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
LOST CAUSE — n infml He's just a lost cause — На него махнули рукой The whole deal was a lost cause — Все пошло …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LOST CAUSE — n infml He's just a lost cause — На него махнули рукой The whole deal was a lost cause — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LOST CAUSE — lost cause n infml He's just a lost cause На него махнули рукой The whole deal was a lost cause …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LOST CAUSE — He's just a lost cause — На него махнули рукой The whole deal was a lost cause — Все пошло …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LOST CAUSE — гиблое, пропащее, дохлое дело
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
LOST CAUSE — гиблое, пропащее, дохлое дело
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
LOST CAUSE — безнадежное дело; недостижимая цель - to fight for a * бороться за что-л., заранее обреченное на неудачу
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAUSE — I. ˈkȯz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin causa; perhaps akin to Latin cudere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOST — adjective Etymology: from past participle of lose 1. a. : not made use of : wasted lost hours : missed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOST — (v. t.) Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost …
Английский словарь Webster
LOST — (v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a …
Английский словарь Webster
LOST — ( v. t. ) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOST — /lawst, lost/ , adj. 1. no longer possessed or retained: lost friends. 2. no longer to be found: lost articles. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAUSE — — causable , adj. — causability , n. — causeless , adj. — causelessly , adv. — causelessness , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOST — adjective Etymology: past participle of lose Date: 15th century 1. : not made use of, won, or claimed 2. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOST — vt parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor. 2. lost ·vt parted with unwillingly …
Webster English vocab
CAUSE — v sake; interest; advantage. 2. cause ·conj abbreviation of because. 3. cause ·vi to assign or show cause; to give …
Webster English vocab
LOST — lost BrE AmE lɒst lɔːst AmE \ lɔːst lɑːst ▶ ˌ lost ˈ cause BrE AmE ▶ ˌ lost ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOST — / lɒst; NAmE lɔːst/ adjective 1. unable to find your way; not knowing where you are : We always get …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUSE — / kɔːz; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the person or thing that makes sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOST — I. lost 1 /lɒst $ lɒːst/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ lose II. lost 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAUSE — I. cause 1 S2 W1 /kɔːz $ kɒːz/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAUSE — n. & v. --n. 1 a that which produces an effect, or gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAUSE — n. & v. n. 1 a that which produces an effect, or gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAUSE — n. & v. --n. 1. a that which produces an effect, or gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition. …
Oxford English vocab
LOST — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Lost is the past tense and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUSE — ( causes, causing, caused) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The cause …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOST — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasted/lost/missed opportunity (= one you do not use ) ▪ Many people see the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAUSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cause of stress ▪ Balancing work and family is the main cause of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOST — [adjective]To be/get lost is to not know where you are and how to get to a place.I got lost in …
Cambridge English vocab
LOST — Synonyms and related words : abandoned, abashed, ablated, abroad, absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, accursed, adrift, astray, at sea, away, baffled, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAUSE — I. noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real , root , true , underlying ▪ the root …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOST — See ↑ LOSE 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be lost • ↑ be lost/deep in thought • ↑ get lost • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOST — INDEX: 1. to be lost 2. to become lost 3. a place where it is easy to get lost RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
CAUSE — INDEX: 1. to make something happen 2. to make someone do something 3. to make something bad suddenly happen 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOST — adj. 25B6; adjective her lost keys : MISSING, mislaid, misplaced, vanished, disappeared, gone missing/astray, forgotten, nowhere to be found; absent, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOST — adj. 1 gone, departed, vanished, strayed; missing, mislaid, misplaced, irrecoverable They found my lost dog The airline told me that …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOST — adjective BAD : This morning I noticed that my purse was lost. GOOD : This morning I noticed that my …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
CAUSE — I noun 1 BAD : The cause why I want to change my job is as follows. GOOD : The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LOST — 1. прил. 1) разрушенный, сломанный (в том числе и морально); обессиленный to give smb. up for lost ≈ считать кого-л. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAUSE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
'CAUSE — уст.; = because (диалектизм) (разговорное) because 'cause уст. = because cause: cause быть причиной, причинять, вызывать; to cause (smb.) to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOST — lost.ogg 1. lɒst a 1. 1> потерянный, утраченный, пропавший lost art - утраченное /забытое/ искусство lost happiness - утраченное счастье …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CAUSE — cause.ogg 1. kɔ:z n 1. причина, основание cause and effect - причина и следствие root causes - коренные причины first …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOST — утерянный, потерянный lost motion time — время холостого хода lost telephone call — потерянный телефонный вызов - lost by evaporation - lost call - lost …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CAUSE — 1) причина, основание || быть причиной, вызывать 2) вопрос, требующий решения; дело • - apparent cause - assignable cause - chance cause - complex cause - contributory …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

American Idioms English vocabulary

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