Definition of Lot
Noun: lot lót
- (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent
"a lot of money";
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, bunch
- A parcel of land having fixed boundaries
"he bought a lot on the lake"
- An unofficial association of people or groups
"they were an angry lot";
- set, circle, band
- Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"has a happy lot";
- fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion
- Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"they drew lots for it";
- draw
- Any collection in its entirety
"she bought the whole lot";
- bunch, caboodle
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items
- Divide into lots, as of land, for example
- Give or provide in small portions
- distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out, mete, dole
- (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
See also:
lostnesses
lota
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