lot (lɒt
)
Definitions
pronoun
- (functioning as singular or plural) a a great number or quantity ⇒
a lot to do
a lot of people
a lot of trouble
noun
- a collection of objects, items, or people ⇒
a nice lot of youngsters
- portion in life; destiny; fortune ⇒
it falls to my lot to be poor
- any object, such as a straw or slip of paper, drawn from others at random to make a selection or choice (esp in the phrase draw any object, such as a straw or slip of paper, drawn from others at random to make a selection or choice (esp in the phrase or cast lots)
- the use of lots in making a selection or choice (esp in the phrase by lot)
- an assigned or apportioned share
- an item or set of items for sale in an auction
- mainly US Canadian an area of land ⇒
a parking lot
- US Canadian a piece of land with fixed boundaries
- mainly US Canadian a film studio and the site on which it is located
- See a bad lot
- See cast in one's lot with
- See the lot
adverb (preceded by a)
informal- to a considerable extent, degree, or amount; very much ⇒
to delay a lot
- a great deal of the time or often ⇒
to sing madrigals a lot
verb
Word forms: lots, lotting, lotted
- to draw lots for (something)
- (tr) to divide (land, etc) into lots
- (tr) another word for allot
See also
lotsWord Origin
Old English hlot; related to Old High German lug portion of land, Old Norse hlutr lot, share1Lot1 (lɒt)
Definitions
noun
- a department of S central France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Cahors. Pop: 164 413 (2003 est). Area: 5226 sq km (2038 sq miles)
- a river in S France, rising in the Cévennes and flowing west into the Garonne River. Length: about 483 km (300 miles)
2Lot2 (lɒt)
Definitions
noun
- Old Testament Abraham's nephew: he escaped the destruction of Sodom, but his wife was changed into a pillar of salt for looking back as they fled (Genesis 19)
Translations
- British English:
lot
A lot of something, or lots of something, is a large amount of it.He drank lots of milk.lɒt NOUN He drank lots of milk.
- Spanish:
mucho
adj mucha
- French:
lot
nm
- German:
Menge
nf
- Chinese: 批 n
- Arabic: مَجْمُوعَةٌ n
- Portuguese: lote nm
- Russian: масса nf
- Croatian: mnoštvo nnt
- Czech: skupina nf
- Danish: mængde nutr
- Dutch: portie nf
- Finnish: joukko n
- Greek: παρτίδα nf
- Italian: lotto nm
- Japanese: 群れ n
- Korean: 무리 n
- Norwegian: samling nm
- Polish: los nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: lote nm
- European Spanish:
mucho
adj mucha
- Swedish: andel nutr
- Thai: จำนวนทั้งหมด n
- Turkish: topluluk n
- Vietnamese: số phận n
Usage examples
He did not know the Southern Savoy, but then the hotel scene had changed a lot in the years he had been away.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)With the certainty of loss this year and the uncertainty of everything in the fu-ture, they have a lot to be worried about.
Country Life (2004)We probably got the breaks but we made a lot of breaks ourselves.
Irish Times (2002)I think it deterred a lot of people from pursuing justified complaints.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Jerome Burne, editor of the online newsletter Medicine Today, wrote: What a lot of gullible lot depressed people are.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)