a lot
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- alot (nonstandard)
Etymology
[edit]See lot.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈ lɒt/ [əˈlɔtʰ]
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈ lɑt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
- Homophone: allot
Pronoun
[edit]- (informal) A large amount.
- I have a lot of things to say.
- Many things, much.
- A lot depends on whether your parents agree.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a large amount
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many things
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Adverb
[edit]a lot (not comparable)
- (informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.
- Thanks a lot for listening to me.
- It's a lot harder than it looks.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- (informal) Often; frequently.
- I go swimming a lot.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]very much
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often
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References
[edit]- “a lot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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