lot
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English hlot (“‘portion, choice, decision’”). Cognate with Dutch lot, German Los.
[edit] Noun
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lot (plural lots)
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- to spend a lot of money
- lots of people think so
- A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
- a lot of stationery
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- a sorry lot
- a bad lot
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- a building lot in a city
- That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
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[edit] Translations
large quantity or number See a lot
number of things taken collectively
informal: a number of people taken collectively
distinct portion or plot of land
that which happens without human design or forethought
[edit] Albanian
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lot f.
[edit] Dutch
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lot
[edit] French
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lot m.
- batch (quantity of anything produced in one operation)
This French entry was created from the translations listed at batch. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see lot in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2008
[edit] Kurdish
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lot
[edit] Polish
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- IPA: /lɔt/
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lot m.
[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 |
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
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lot m., gen lota, pl lotan
[edit] Tatar
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lot
[edit] Declension
| Nominative lot |
Genitive lotnıñ |
Dative lotqa |
| Accusative lotnı |
Locative lotta |
Ablative lottan |