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- pronunciation:
- lat
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a large amount or number.
We ordered a lot of food for the party.A huge lot of people were waiting in front of the theater.He's got lots of friends at school now so he's much happier.- synonyms:
- deal, quantity
- antonyms:
- bit
- similar words:
- army, barrel, gobs, heap, horde, host, many, mass, mountain, much, multitude, myriad, oodles, peck, pile, scad, slew, stack, throng, ton
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| definition 2: |
a piece of land that is owned and built upon or that is potential property for building upon.
Their house is on a big lot so they can put in a garden if they want.A house is being built on that vacant lot at the end of the street.- synonyms:
- parcel, property
- similar words:
- patch, plat, plot, section, tract
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| definition 3: |
an area of land used for parking vehicles or for exhibiting vehicles for sale.
The new supermarket has a much bigger lot for parking than the old one.When I got back to the lot, I couldn't remember where I'd parked my car.We have several new sports vehicles on our lot today. Would you like to take a test drive? |
| definition 4: |
portion; share.
His lot of the inheritance was smaller than mine.- synonyms:
- allotment, portion, share
- similar words:
- apportionment, dole, interest, measure, part, percentage, proportion, quota, ration, split
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| definition 5: |
a group of objects of the same type, such as those to be sold as a unit at auction.
We bought two lots of the hardware items at the estate sale.- synonyms:
- batch, group
- similar words:
- bundle, cluster, pack, package, parcel, set
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| definition 6: |
one of a set of objects used to decide something by chance.
We drew lots to see who would go first.- similar words:
- draw, straw
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| definition 7: |
one's situation in life, esp. as decided by fate.
Is it my lot in life to remain poor?My life has not been easy, but I've never been unhappy with my lot.- synonyms:
- destiny, fate, fortune
- similar words:
- allotment, draw, karma, kismet, luck, portion, predestination
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| related words: |
abundance, amount, batch, battery, bunch, circumstance, crop, fate, group, life, plenty, premise, type, world |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
lots, lotting, lotted |
| definition: |
to divide (land) into lots or portions.
- synonyms:
- plot
- similar words:
- allot, parcel
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