lot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Kurdish 5.1 Noun 6 Polish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Noun 8 Tatar 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lŏt, IPA: /lɒt/, SAMPA: /lQt/
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  Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Etymology

From Old English hlot (“‘portion, choice, decision’”). Cognate with Dutch lot, German Los.

[edit] Noun

lot (plural lots)

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.

   to spend a lot of money

   lots of people think so

2. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

   a lot of stationery

3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.

   a sorry lot

   a bad lot

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

   a building lot in a city

6. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
7. 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

8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

   My lot in life.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book III, chapter ii

     ... as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.

9. A prize in a lottery.

[edit] Synonyms

• (large quantity or number): load, mass, pile
• (number of things taken collectively): batch, collection, group, set
• (informal: a number of people taken collectively): crowd, gang, group
• (distinct portion or plot of land): allotment, parcel, plot
• (that which happens without human design or forethought): destiny, fate, fortune
• (anything used in determining a question by chance):
• (fate that falls to one by chance):
• (prize in a lottery): prize

[edit] Derived terms

• a lot

[edit] Translations

large quantity or number See a lot

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[edit] Albanian

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lot f.

1. tear (from the eye)

   Gjak, lot dhe djers — Blood, tears and sweat

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[edit] Dutch

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lot

1. destiny
2. lottery ticket

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lot m.

1. batch (quantity of anything produced in one operation)

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[edit] Kurdish

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lot

1. jump

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔt/

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lot m.

1. flight

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lot	loty
Genitive	lotu	lotów
Dative	lotowi	lotom
Accusative	lot	loty
Instrumental	lotem	lotami
Locative	locie	lotach
Vocative	locie	loty

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

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lot m., gen lota, pl lotan

1. sore, wound
2. sting

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[edit] Tatar

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lot

1. A unit of weight: 1 lot = 3 mısqal = 12.797 g (archaic) [1]

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