a lot

See also alot, and allot

English

Alternative forms

• alot (nonstandard or misspelling)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

• Audio (UK)

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• Homophone: allot

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 (cmn) (hěn duō), 多 (cmn) (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, a lán (ga)
• 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

• Irish: a lán (ga)
• Russian: многое (ru) (mnógoje) 

Adverb

a lot (not comparable)

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.

Synonyms

• loads, tons

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 (cmn) (xǔduō), 多 (cmn) (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:

  Sorani: 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)
• Swahili: mengi (sw)
• 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)
• Polish: często (pl)
• 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).

Anagrams

• alto, ATOL, lota, tola