LOST CAUSE

Meaning of LOST CAUSE in English

noun

something that has failed or that cannot succeed

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — ( 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 — n. phr. A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. Communism in Eastern Europe has become …
American Idioms English 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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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