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   Lot

   /lät/

   

   pronoun

   • 1. a large number or amount; a great deal: "there are a lot of actors in the cast"
   • ▪ the whole number or quantity that is involved or implied: "you might as well take the whole lot"

   adverb

   • 1. a great deal; much: "he played tennis a lot last year"

   noun

   • 1. a particular group, collection, or set of people or things: informal "it's just one lot of rich people stealing from another" Similar groupsetcrowdcirclecliquebunchbandgangcrewmobpackcompanyinformal:shower
   • ▪ a group or a person of a particular kind (generally used in a derogatory or dismissive way): British "an inefficient lot, our town council"
   • 2. an article or set of articles for sale at an auction: "nineteen lots failed to sell" Similar batchsetcollectionloadgroupbundlebunchconsignmentquantityassortmentparcelaggregate
   • 3. the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark: "officers were elected rather than selected by lot"
   • ▪ one of a set of objects such as straws, stones, or pieces of paper that are randomly selected as part of a decision-making process: "they drew lots to determine the order in which they asked questions"
   • ▪ the choice resulting from deciding something by lot: "eventually the lot fell on the King's daughter"
   • 4. a person's luck or condition in life, particularly as determined by fate or destiny: "plans to improve the lot of the disadvantaged" Similar fatedestinyfortunedoomsituationcircumstancesstateconditionpositionplightpredicament
   • 5. a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use: North American "a vacant lot" Similar patch of groundtract of landallotmentpiece of groundplotareatractacreageparcelbuilding lotplat
   • ▪ a parking lot.
   • ▪ an area of land near a television or movie studio where outside filming may be done.
   • ▪ the area at a car dealership where cars for sale are kept.

   verb

   • 1. divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction: "the contents have already been lotted up, and the auction takes place on Monday"

   Word Origin Old Englishhlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los. The original meanings were lot (sense 3 of the noun) and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; the latter gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th century.

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   A Lot synonyms - 262 Words and Phrases for A Lot. a great deal. adv. lots. adv. , n. # informal. much. adv. heaps. n. # informal. loads. n. # informal. plenty. n. abundantly. adv. tons. n. # informal. a bunch. # informal. a good deal. adv. a large amount. frequently. adv. greatly. adv. many. often. adv. a boatload. a heap sight. adv. # american.

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   Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. a great deal. lots. much. heaps. loads. plenty. abundantly. tons. a bunch. a good deal. a large amount. frequently. greatly. many. often. a boatload. a heap sight. a ton. again and again. all the time. appreciably. as often as not. bunch of. gobs. heap sight. Antonyms. Opposite meaning. View all. almost never.

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   What is another word for a lot? Synonyms for a lot. a lot. This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word a lot. Princeton's WordNet Rate these synonyms: 4.0 / 9 votes. a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much adverb. to a very great degree or extent.

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   Find 4,480 synonyms for a lot and other similar words that you can use instead based on 23 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

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   Need synonyms for a lot? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Contexts . Noun. An abundant amount. Prefix used at the start of a sentence as emphasis. A large amount or quantity. … more . Noun. . An abundant amount. lots. plenty. a large amount. many. a bunch. a ton. heaps. tonnes UK. tons US. a boatload.

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   Nov 30, 2023 · There are many synonyms for ‘a lot’ in English, such as ‘many’, ‘numerous’, ‘plenty’, ‘abundant’, ‘copious’, ‘ample’, ‘profuse’, ‘excessive’, ‘innumerable’, ‘countless’, and ‘myriad’. These words can be used interchangeably with ‘a lot’ to add variety and depth to your writing. What is another ...

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   A lot is correctly written as two words, not alot. You might wonder why. One meaning of lot is "a great quantity of something." For instance, if someone wants to bring enough cupcakes for everyone at the party, he or she might buy the whole lot, meaning every cupcake the bakery has.