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   Lot

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   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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   What is lot noun?

   • to decide to join somebody and share their successes and problems He threw in his lot with the pirates. Definition of lot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does a building lot mean?

   • a distinct portion or piece of land: a building lot. a piece of land forming a part of a district, city, or other community. South Midland and Southern U.S. a farmyard or barnyard. a piece of land having the use specified by the attributive noun or adjective: a parking lot; a used-car lot.

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   What is a lot pronoun?

   • Definition of lot pronoun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a large number or amount ‘How many do you need?’ ‘A lot.’ Have some more cake. There's lots left. He has invited nearly a hundred people but a lot aren't able to come. a lot to do I have a lot to do today. She still has an awful lot (= a very large amount) to learn.

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   What is a lot of something?

   • A lot of something, or lots of something, is a large amount of it. He drank lots of milk. Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries. What is this an image of? What is this an image of? Drag the correct answer into the box. What is this an image of? What is this an image of?

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   Lot definition: one of a set of objects, such as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.. See examples of LOT used in a sentence.

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   a large number or amount of people or things: There were a lot of people outside the building. He earns lots of money. I've got a lot to do this morning. Fewer examples. He must be under a lot of pressure at the moment. Scott's behaviour has improved a lot lately. The trips often involve a lot of walking. There are a lot of risks involved.

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   a piece of land forming a part of a district, city, or other community. South Midland and Southern U.S. a farmyard or barnyard. a piece of land having the use specified by the attributive noun or adjective: a parking lot; a used-car lot. Movies. a motion-picture studio and its surrounding property.

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   pronoun. /lɒt/ /lɑːt/ a lot. (also informal lots) a large number or amount. ‘How many do you need?’ ‘A lot.’. Have some more cake. There's lots left. He has invited nearly a hundred people but a lot aren't able to come. a lot to do I have a lot to do today. She still has an awful lot (= a very large amount) to learn.

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   lot noun. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun lot mean? There are 38 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun lot, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   ( countable) A lot is a piece of land, usually small. They are constructing a building on this lot. Usage [ change] In the sense of a large amount of something, lot is number transparent. In other words, it looks singular, but when it is the subject of a sentence, the verb should agree with the number of whatever is being talked about.