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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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   Definitions of lot. noun. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random. synonyms: draw. see more. noun. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) “has a happy lot ”. synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion.

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   1. a lot or lots Informal. a. A large extent, amount, or number: is in a lot of trouble; has lots of friends. b. Used adverbially to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently": felt a lot better; ran lots faster; doesn't go out a whole lot; has seen her lots lately. c.

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   5 days ago · Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will. to cast lots. to draw lots. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning. A prize in a lottery.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLOT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   5 days ago · Word forms: plural lots. 1. quantifier. A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export. I remember a lot of things. 'You'll find that everybody will try and help their colleague.'—'Yeah.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLOT | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   noun. uk / lɒt / us. a lot; lots. Add to word list. A1. 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.

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   noun. 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. the casting or drawing of such objects as a method of deciding something: They would have to choose a winner by lot. the decision or choice made by drawing or throwing a set of objects such as straws or pebbles.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of LOT. 1. [count] a chiefly US : a small piece of land that is or could be used for building something or for some other purpose. He bought the vacant/empty lot across the street. They own the house on the corner lot. a building lot. — see also parking lot.