a lot

See also alot, and allot

English

Alternative forms

• alot widely considered as an incorrect/nonstandard spelling of "a lot"

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

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Noun

a lot

1. A large amount.

   I have a lot of things to say.

2. Many things, much.

   A lot depends on whether your parents agree.

Translations

a large amount

Catalan: molt (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 很多 (zh) (hěn duō), 多 (zh) (duō) Dutch: veel (nl) French: beaucoup (fr) German: viel (de) Greek: (uncountably):πολλά (el) (pollá), (countably):πολύ (el) (polý)

Hebrew: כמות גדולה (he) (kamut gdola) pl. Hungarian: sok (hu), egy csomó (hu), egy rakat (hu), számos (hu), rengeteg (hu) Irish: mórán (ga) m., neart (ga) m. Manx: mooarane (gv) m. Persian: مقدار زیاد (fa) (meqdâre ziyâd), زیاد (fa) (ziyâd) Russian: много (ru) (mnógo) Swedish: (uncountably):mycket (sv), (countably):många (sv), (either):en hel del (sv) Vietnamese: nhiều (vi)

many things

Catalan: molt (ca) Dutch: veel (nl)

German: vieles (de) n. Russian: многое (ru) (mnógoje)

Adverb

a lot

1. (idiomatic) very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

   Thanks a lot for listening to me.

   It's a lot harder than it looks.

2. (idiomatic) often; frequently

   I go swimming a lot.

Related terms

• alot
• lots

Translations

very much

Arabic: كثيرًا (ar) (kathiiran) Armenian: շատ (hy) (šat) Belarusian: шмат (be) (šmat), многа (be) (mnóha) Catalan: molt (ca) Cebuano: kaayu Chinese: Mandarin: 许多 (zh) (xǔduō), 多 (zh) (duō) Czech: mnoho (cs) Danish: meget (da) Dutch: veel (nl) Esperanto: multe (eo) Finnish: paljon (fi), hyvin paljon (fi) French: beaucoup (fr) German: viel (de) Haitian Creole: anpil Hebrew: הרבה (he) (harbe) Hindi: बहुत सारा (hi) (bahut sārā) Hungarian: sok (hu) Italian: molto (it) Japanese: 沢山の (ja) (たくさんの, takusan-no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ooi)

Korean: 많은 (ko) (maneun) Kurdish: زۆر (ku) Latin: multo (la) Macedonian: многу (mk) (mnógu) Norwegian: mange (no) Old French: molt, mult, mout Persian: زیاد (fa) (ziyâd), خیلی زیاد (fa) (xeyli ziyâd) Polish: mnóstwo (pl), wiele (pl), dużo (pl) Portuguese: um monte (pt), muito (pt), muita (pt) Russian: много (ru) (mnógo) Slovak: mnoho (sk) Spanish: mucho (es) Swedish: mycket (sv), en hel del (sv) Thai: มาก (th) (mâak) Turkish: çok (tr), bir sürü (tr), bir ton (tr) Ukrainian: багато (uk) (baháto) Vietnamese: rất nhiều (vi), nhiều (vi) Volapük: mödo (vo) Welsh: llawer (cy)

often

Arabic: كثيرًا (kaθīran) Armenian: հաճախ (hy) (hač̣ax) Catalan: sovint (ca), freqüentment (ca) Chinese: 常常 (chángcháng), 經常, 经常 (jīngcháng), 時常, 时常 (shícháng) Dutch: vaak (nl), veel (nl) Esperanto: ofte (eo) Finnish: usein (fi) French: souvent (fr) German: oft (de) Hungarian: gyakran (hu)

Italian: spesso (it) Japanese: よく (yoku), 度々 (たびたび, tabitabi), しばしば (shiba shiba) Korean: 자주 (jaju) Macedonian: многупати (mk) (mnogúpati), често (mk) (čésto) Norwegian: ofte (no) Portuguese: muito (pt), bastante (pt) Russian: часто (ru) (částo) Spanish: frecuentemente (es) Swedish: ofta (sv) Turkish: çok sık (tr), çok (tr)

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Lithuanian: daug Thai: มาก (maak).

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• a thing or two
• loads
• tons

Anagrams

• alto, ATOL, lota, tola